High Serotonin Levels In SIDS Infants Found

In this modern age, the medical experts have no clue about the cause of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
Recently, a team of researchers from the Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, discovered that "infants who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) had high levels of serotonin" in their blood samples.

"In previous studies, the researchers reported multiple serotonin-related brain abnormalities in SIDS cases, including a decrease in serotonin in regions involved in breathing, heart rate patterns, blood pressure, temperature regulation, and arousal during sleep."

Thus, this new discovery could help to separate SIDS from other causes of sleep-related, unexpected infant death.

Source: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-07-blood-sids-infants-high-serotonin.html