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New Insight Into SIDS Monday, July 07, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Biology   
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Mice engineered to have abnormal brain chemistry surprised researchers with their unpredictable deaths - and may be one of the best models yet for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), also known as cot death. In a new study published in Science, researchers changed the control of serotonin, a neurotransmitter, in the mice. Serotonin is important in the autonomic nervous system, which controls unconscious functions such as heart beat and digestion. (source: nature.com)
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