Tuesday April 10, 2007 began just like any other day for new parents Aaron and Desiree Robinson. Desiree had to leave for work at 7:00am that morning, so it was Aaron who had to care for their 3 month old son Christian until she returned. It was a routine Tuesday, Aaron bathed and fed his son, and played with him until the early afternoon. A little after 1pm Aaron decided to lay Christian down for a nap. He made his way upstairs and laid his infant son on his back in his crib. Approximately an hour later Aaron went to check on the infant. When he walked into the room he noticed that his son was face down in the middle of his crib. Initially when Aaron saw this, he wasn’t concerned because it was not unusual for Christian to roll himself into a prone position. However as soon as he touched him and felt that his body was cold and stiff he knew that something was wrong. He turned over his son only to discover the
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Researcher Dr. Hannah Kinney and her team at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard University specifically draw attention to the neurotransmitter serotonin found in the medulla oblongata, (also referred to as 5-hydroxytryptamine or 5-HT (Kinney et al. 2009). The 5-HT plays a central homeostatic role in nearly every aspect of the central nervous system. 5-HT controls breathing, blood pressure, body temperature, and arousal. It is believed that low levels of neurotransmitter serotonin found in infants who have suffered fatalities as a result of SIDS could result in abnormal development of the dentate gyrus in the hippocampus. The hippocampus is responsible for learning, spatial orientation and memory. Similar to the 5-HT, through its neurological connections to the brain stem the hippocampus also affects cardiorespiratory function. (Brock et al.
Researcher Dr. Hannah Kinney and her team at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard University specifically draw attention to the neurotransmitter serotonin found in the medulla oblongata, (also referred to as 5-hydroxytryptamine or 5-HT (Kinney et al. 2009). The 5-HT plays a central homeostatic role in nearly every aspect of the central nervous system. 5-HT controls breathing, blood pressure, body temperature, and arousal. It is believed that low levels of neurotransmitter serotonin found in infants who have suffered fatalities as a result of SIDS could result in abnormal development of the dentate gyrus in the hippocampus. The hippocampus is responsible for learning, spatial orientation and memory. Similar to the 5-HT, through its neurological connections to the brain stem the hippocampus also affects cardiorespiratory function. (Brock et al.