Faster than a Flash: The Fastest Visual Startle Reflex Response is Found in a Long-Legged Fly,Condylostylussp. (Dolichopodidae)

HYPEREKPLEXIAAND EXCESSIVE STARTLE RESPONSE IN AN INFANT: A CASE REPORT

We present an infant girl with hyperekplexia, hypertonia, hyperreflexia and a characteristic exaggerated response to nose tap. This disorder is important to recognize because of the increased risk of apnea and sudden infant death, This infant responded to clonazepam.

The TPP Is Dead, Long Live the TPP? A Response to Recent Commentaries

Haromyia, a new genus of long-legged flies from Dominica (Diptera: Dolichopodidae).

The new micro-dolichopodid genus Haromyia gen. nov. and the type species H. iviei sp. nov. are described from the island of Dominica in the Lesser Antilles. Males and females of Haromyia are distinguished by the large setae on a bulging clypeus, minute size, and wing veins that are nearly straight and evenly diverging from wing base. Haromyia does not fit readily into any contemporary dolichopo...

A broadband acoustic stimulus is more likely than a pure tone to elicit a startle reflex and prepared movements

A loud acoustic stimulus that elicits a startle reflex has long been used to study the neurophysiology of cortical and subcortical neural circuits. More recent investigations have shown that startle can act as an early trigger for prepared actions, suggesting a brainstem role in the preparation and initiation of actions. However, in order to attribute any startle-triggered voluntary responses t...

Jumping from the surface of water by the long-legged fly Hydrophorus (Diptera, Dolichopodidae).

The fly Hydrophorus alboflorens (4 mm long, 4.7 mg mass) moves around upon and jumps from water without its tarsi penetrating the surface. All six tarsi have a surface area of 1.3 mm(-2) in contact with the water, but they did not dimple its surface when standing. Jumping was propelled by depression of the trochantera of both hind and middle legs, which are 40% longer than the front legs and 17...