The brainstem and serotonin in the sudden infant death syndrome

Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 517-550

  Kinney, Hannah C ^a   Richerson, George B ^b,c   Dymecki, Susan M ^d   Darnall, Robert A ^e   Nattie, Eugene E ^e  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Chemosensitivity; Gasping; Intermittent hypoxia; Raph ; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CATECHOLAMINE; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; OPIATE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG MECHANISM; HIGH RISK INFANT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REBREATHING; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; THERMOREGULATION; ANIMAL; INFANT; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; INFANT; NEURONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 66149091961     PISSN: 15534006     EISSN: 15534014     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pathol.4.110807.092322     Document Type: Review

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