[Neurotransmission and sudden infant death. Study of cerebrospinal fluid]

J Caroff; E Girin; D Alix; C Cann-Moisan; J Sizun; L Barthelemy

[Neurotransmission and sudden infant death. Study of cerebrospinal fluid]

C R Acad Sci III. 1992;314(10):451-4.

[Article in French]

Authors

J Caroff¹, E Girin, D Alix, C Cann-Moisan, J Sizun, L Barthelemy

Affiliation

¹ Service de Physiologie, C.N.R.S.-U.R.A. n. 648, Faculté de Médecine, Brest.

PMID: 1381658

Abstract

The study of 33 cerebrospinal fluids of infants victims of sudden death shows a very significant increase of the metabolites of dopamine and serotonin. These determinations, compared to a control group, indicate a failure, concerning these two neurotransmitters, which could induce a cardiorespiratory seizure. This failure has likely a multifactorial origin.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Heart Arrest / chemically induced
Heart Arrest / complications
Homovanillic Acid / adverse effects
Homovanillic Acid / cerebrospinal fluid*
Humans
Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / adverse effects
Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / cerebrospinal fluid*
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Sudden Infant Death / cerebrospinal fluid*
Sudden Infant Death / etiology

Substances

Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid
Homovanillic Acid