Researchers have found an altered serotonin 2A/C receptor in infants who died from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), a biological abnormality that they think made these infants vulnerable to death under certain circumstances.
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A new paper in the Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology indicates that sudden infant death syndrome, the cause and frequency of which is the subject of much research and debate, may in many cases be associated with a brainstem abnormality affecting serotonin receptors.