title: Partial arousal deficiency in SIDS victims and noradrenergic neuronal plasticity.
abstract: Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) victims had exhibited during sleep a reduction in cortical arousals despite an increase in subcortical activation. Arousal deficiency in SIDS victims was partial. We could suggest the latent existence of inadequate noradrenergic neuronal plasticity as the background of this partial arousal deficiency of SIDS victims.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan. tsawagu@research.twmu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sawaguchi
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Groswasser
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kahn
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D020921:Sleep Arousal Disorders / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D009638:Norepinephrine