Sentences with phrase «reflex apneas»

Researchers used rat pups to study the effects of serotonin on brief periods of breathing stoppages called «reflex apneas,» which are believed to contribute to SIDS if they are severe.

Finally, we are trying to figure out how best to adapt drugs for use in human babies that interact with reflex apnea and arousal responses so that they may be studied and used effectively to prevent SIDS and asphyxial deaths in babies.»

The team used rat pups for their study and induced apnea by putting a small amount of water in the upper airway to induce a reflex apnea, the laryngeal chemoreflex.

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Previously, researchers suspected that the laryngeal chemoreflex (a protective reflex of the airways that causes apnea and abnormally slow heart rate) is the starting point of SIDS.

Babies seem to be more susceptible to reflexes that suppress breathing, and they need internal processes that stop these apneas and restore normal breathing.