Yes, it can be because threshold and rheobase both are the voltage required to generate an action potential. The difference lies in that the treshold can be a voltage higher than rheobase.
The minimum stimulus needed to cause a contraction is called the threshold stimulus. This is the minimal level of stimulation required to activate muscle fibers and initiate a contraction response.
Threshold stimulus
When studying the difference threshold, the stimulus that remains the same across trials is called the "standard stimulus." This is the reference point against which changes in the other stimulus, known as the "comparison stimulus," are measured. The difference threshold refers to the minimum amount of change required in the comparison stimulus for a participant to detect a difference from the standard stimulus.
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it is known as the threshold stimulus usually seen in tonic contraction
A muscle fiber will not respond to a stimulus until that stimulus reaches the threshold level needed to trigger an action potential. This threshold level is the minimum amount of stimulus required to elicit a response from the muscle fiber.
Any stimulus below the neuron's threshold potential will not result in a response, as it is not strong enough to generate an action potential. Neurons require a minimum level of stimulus intensity to reach the threshold potential and fire an action potential.
The smallest intensity of a stimulus that you can detect 50 percent of the time is called the absolute threshold. This threshold varies depending on the sensory system and the specific stimulus being measured.
Threshold
Yes, a stimulus needs to reach a certain threshold level of strength in order to generate a nerve impulse. This threshold is required to depolarize the cell membrane and initiate the action potential. If the stimulus is not strong enough to reach this threshold, no nerve impulse will be generated.
The stimulus threshold of a neuron, often referred to as the action potential threshold, is the minimum level of stimulation required to trigger an electrical impulse (action potential) in the neuron. When a stimulus exceeds this threshold, it causes sufficient depolarization of the neuron's membrane, leading to the rapid influx of sodium ions and the subsequent propagation of the action potential along the axon. If the stimulus is below this threshold, the neuron remains inactive, and no action potential is generated.
absolute threshold is the lowest level that a person will feel sensation differential threshold is the minimal difference that a person can detect between two similar stimuli For example a change in volume in certain frequencies would be crossing the absolute threshold, how much that change would need to be for someone to detect it would be dealing with the difference threshold.