Adjective
Positioned below a threshold.
Being below the threshold or outside of the ordinary limits of consciousness; subconscious; subliminal.
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The notion "underthreshold" is to be explained as all that which is under the ordinary threshold or outside the customary bounds of consciousness; [...]
Accordingly, it represents an underthreshold load in trained persons, and no endocrine response was observed.
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In this way it is possible to describe the underthreshold membrane behavior of a neuron distinguishing the effects of synapses located in the main dendritic tree or near the trigger zone.