%0 Journal Article %J Archiwum Medycyny Sądowej i Kryminologii/Archives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology %@ 0324-8267 %D 2015 %F Sumińska-Ziemann2015 %T The role of respiratory failure caused by congenital central nervous system abnormalities and the effect of β-casomorphins in sudden infant death syndrome pathogenesis %X 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. %A Sumińska-Ziemann, Barbara %A Gos, Tomasz %A Jankowski, Zbigniew %P 99-111 %9 journal article %R 10.5114/amsik.2015.53226 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/amsik.2015.53226