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Published online 4 July 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.931
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New insight into SIDS
Mouse model suggests serotonin might play a role in cot death.
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 Science1, researchers changed the control of serotonin, a neurotransmitter, in the mice.
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