Differential Threshold

"Differential Threshold" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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The smallest difference which can be discriminated between two stimuli or one which is barely above the threshold.

Descriptor ID

D004056

MeSH Number(s)

F02.463.593.230

F02.463.593.710.370

Concept/Terms

Differential Threshold

Just-Noticeable Difference

Weber-Fechner Law

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Differential Threshold".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Psychological Phenomena and Processes [F02]
Mental Processes [F02.463]
Perception [F02.463.593]
Differential Threshold [F02.463.593.230]
Sensory Thresholds [F02.463.593.710]
Differential Threshold [F02.463.593.710.370]

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publications

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Bar chart showing 44 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2005

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	0	1	1
1996	0	3	3
1997	1	1	2
1998	0	1	1
1999	0	2	2
2000	0	3	3
2001	0	2	2
2002	0	1	1
2003	0	3	3
2004	0	4	4
2005	0	5	5
2006	0	1	1
2007	1	1	2
2008	1	1	2
2009	0	2	2
2010	0	2	2
2011	2	0	2
2012	0	1	1
2013	1	2	3
2014	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Differential Threshold" by people in Profiles.

Chronic Migraine Is Associated With Sustained Elevation of Somatosensory Temporal Discrimination Thresholds. Headache. 2016 Oct; 56(9):1439-1447.

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Retinal ganglion cells: mechanisms underlying depolarization block and differential responses to high frequency electrical stimulation of ON and OFF cells. J Neural Eng. 2016 Feb; 13(1):016017.

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Clinical predictors of the respiratory arousal threshold in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Dec 01; 190(11):1293-300.

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Threshold of the precedence effect in noise. J Acoust Soc Am. 2014 May; 135(5):2923-30.

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Sleep-wake misperception in sleep apnea patients undergoing diagnostic versus titration polysomnography. J Psychosom Res. 2014 May; 76(5):361-7.

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Inferior alveolar nerve function after sagittal split osteotomy by reciprocating saw or piezosurgery instrument: prospective double-blinded study. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2014 Jun; 72(6):1168-72.

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Dual sensitivity of inferior colliculus neurons to ITD in the envelopes of high-frequency sounds: experimental and modeling study. J Neurophysiol. 2014 Jan; 111(1):164-81.

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Distinct visual cues mediate aperture shaping for grasping and pantomime-grasping tasks. J Mot Behav. 2013; 45(5):431-9.

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Increased variability of axonal excitability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Clin Neurophysiol. 2013 Oct; 124(10):2046-53.

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Facial nerve motor evoked potentials during skull base surgery to monitor facial nerve function using the threshold-level method. Neurosurg Focus. 2013 Mar; 34(3):E7.

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