%0 Journal Article
%T Cardiac Muscarinic Receptor Overexpression in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
%A Angelo Livolsi
%A Nathalie Niederhoffer
%A Nassim Dali-Youcef
%A Caroline Rambaud
%A Catherine Olexa
%A Walid Mokni
%A Jean-Pierre Gies
%A Pascal Bousquet
%J PLOS ONE
%D 2012
%I Public Library of Science (PLoS)
%R 10.1371/journal.pone.0009464
%X Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) remains the leading cause of death among infants less than 1 year of age. Disturbed expression of some neurotransmitters and their receptors has been shown in the central nervous system of SIDS victims but no biological abnormality of the peripheral vago-cardiac system has been demonstrated to date. The present study aimed to seek vago-cardiac abnormalities in SIDS victims. The cardiac level of expression of muscarinic receptors, as well as acetylcholinesterase enzyme activity were investigated.
%U http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0009464