HTR5A and sudden infant death syndrome: In particular, abnormalities in the main serotonergic centers [raphe, extra raphe, and ventral (arcuate) populations of 5-HT neurons] and their projection sites (dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus and the nucleus of the solitary tract) and lower expression of brainstem 5-HT, tryptophan hydroxylase-2 (TPH-2), and 5-HT receptor have been reported in SIDS.