Pearson R D, Greenaway A C
University of Toronto, Science and Medicine Library, Ontario, Canada.
Med Hypotheses. 1990 Feb;31(2):131-4. doi: 10.1016/0306-9877(90)90008-3.
Two very large bodies of information seem to overlap, one being the epidemiological and pathological studies on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), the other being the research on hibernation. Until now, these two phenomena have been studied independently; however, it will be argued here that the role of the pineal gland, that of brown adipose tissue (BAT) and sleep patterns in both endothermic hibernating mammals and those babies presenting as SIDS provide clues and support for the hypothesis that SIDS is pathoplastic to the hibernatory response.
两大信息体似乎存在重叠，一个是关于婴儿猝死综合征（SIDS）的流行病学和病理学研究，另一个是关于冬眠的研究。到目前为止，这两种现象一直是独立研究的；然而，本文将论证，松果体、棕色脂肪组织（BAT）的作用以及睡眠模式在恒温冬眠哺乳动物和那些表现为SIDS的婴儿身上，为SIDS是冬眠反应的病理可塑性这一假说提供了线索和支持。
