Archiwum Medycyny Sądowej i Kryminologii

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2/2015 vol. 65
Review paper

The role of respiratory failure caused by congenital central nervous system abnormalities and the effect of β-casomorphins in sudden infant death syndrome pathogenesis

Arch Med Sąd Kryminol 2015; 65 (2): 99–111
Online publish date: 2015/08/03
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The aim of the paper is to discuss the role of respiratory failure caused by endogenous (both structural and functional) abnormalities in the central nervous system and exogenous food-derived opioid-like peptides in the pathogenesis of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). By stimulating μ-opioid receptors, opioid-like peptides may suppress the tonic activity of the respiratory centre in the brain stem.
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