The sudden infant death syndrome in a cot could be linked to low levels of serotonin in the brain that plays an important role in regulating breathing and heart rate during sleep. These are the results of a study published in JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association. Autopsies on the bodies of infants showed that children had serotonin levels 26% lower than to those who died from other causes. According to the authors of the study low levels of serotonin can damage a child's response to breathing carbon dioxide which occurs when sleeping in a position to face down again and breathe the same air that had been thrown out.
The sudden infant death syndrome is the leading cause of death in U.S. infants in children aged between one month and one year of life. Recently the number of deaths related to SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) decreased by 50% thanks to the campaign "Back to Sleep " which encourages parents to put the baby back to sleep and not face down. The percentage of cot death has reached 0.54 per thousand.
Unfortunately, the sudden infant death syndrome does not give any warning signs, no warning. " The child is normal during the day - say the authors of the research - but there is something wrong in my sleep and it reveals an alarm that we believe is linked to the circuits of Serotonin .
Low levels of serotonin, according to scholars may impede the function of brain circuits that regulate breathing, heart rate, body temperature and blood pressure during sleep. All these cases raise the risk a child's life, due to the fact that while they are breathing again its carbon dioxide thrown out, there is no exchange of air because that is face down. Serotonin just serves to wake the child and tell him that he is breathing carbon dioxide, the brain understands and encourages him to turn or wake up .
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