Word: brainstem
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...infants under a year old, SIDS manifests as an unexpected and sudden death that cannot be explained by autopsy or death scene investigation. The study discovered that children who die from this syndrome exhibit abnormalities in brainstem control of autonomic functions, such as breathing and heart rate regulation...
...implication here is that SIDS is an intrinsic problem in the brainstem and a biological problem that is not a mystery, but something that can be studied by scientific means...