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Prolonged maturation of prefrontal white matter in chimpanzees [PDF]

, 2010
Delayed maturation in the prefrontal cortex, a brain region associated with complex cognitive processing, has been proposed to be specific to humans.
Akichika Mikami, Daichi Hirai, Haruyuki Makishima, Juri Suzuki, Masaki Tomonaga, Masato Nakatsukasa, Masayuki Tanaka, Takako Miyabe-Nishiwaki, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Tomoko Sakai, Yuzuru Hamada   +10 more
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A reduction in long-term spatial memory persists after discontinuation of peripubertal GnRH agonist treatment in sheep [PDF]

, 2017
Chronic gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) administration is used where suppression of hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis activity is beneficial, such as steroid-dependent cancers, early onset gender dysphoria, central precocious puberty and
Bellingham, M., Evans, N.P., Haraldsen, J.R., Hough, D., McLaughlin, M., Robinson, J.E., Solbakk, A.K.   +6 more
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Efficacy of vagus nerve stimulator during transition to adulthood in patients with treatment‐resistant epilepsy

Epileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To evaluate the efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) as an adjunctive treatment in pediatric patients with treatment‐resistant epilepsy during the transition to adolescence. Methods We performed a retrospective cohort study of 30 children (ages 2–18 years) with medication‐resistant epilepsy who underwent VNS implantation between
Jonadab dos Santos Silva, Shaylla Villas Boas, Henrique Januzzelli Pires do Prado, Daniela Fontes Bezerra, Isabella D’Andrea Meira   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Normosmic idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism due to a novel GNRH1 variant in two siblings

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2020
Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism is characterised by insufficient secretion of pituitary gonadotropins resulting in delayed puberty, anovulation and azoospermia. When hypogonadotropic hypogonadism occurs in the absence of structural or functional lesions of
Satyanarayana V Sagi, Hareesh Joshi, Emily Whiles, Mondy Hikmat, Vijith R Puthi, Jane MacDougall, Sarah L Spiden, Gavin Fuller, Soo-Mi Park, Samson O Oyibo   +9 more
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Executive functions and self‐limited epilepsy with centro‐temporal spikes: A scoping review

Epileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Executive functions are a set of high‐level cognitive processes necessary for planning, organization, decision‐making, self‐control, and attention, and are carried out in the anterior frontal lobes. An impairment in executive functioning might present as difficulties in planning and organizing activities, in attention and concentration, in ...
Edoardo Fino, Martina Calì, Sara Senese, Simona Pellacani, Viola Margheri, Chiara Pecini, Carmen Barba   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A potential mechanism for the sexual dimorphism in the onset of puberty and incidence of idiopathic central precocious puberty in children: Sex-specific kisspeptin as an integrator of puberty signals

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2012
The major determinants of the variability in pubertal maturation are reported to be genetic and inherited. Nonetheless, nutritional status contributes significantly to this variability. Malnutrition delays puberty whereas obesity has been associated to a
Suzy eBianco, Suzy eBianco
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Epilepsy syndromes classification

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Epilepsy syndromes are distinct electroclinical entities which have been recently defined by the International League Against Epilepsy Nosology and Definitions Task Force. Each syndrome is associated with “a characteristic cluster of clinical and EEG features, often supported by specific etiologic findings”.
Elaine C. Wirrell, Nicola Specchio, Rima Nabbout, Phillip L. Pearl, Kate Riney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing Pituitary MRI Findings in Patients with Thalassemia with and without Delayed Puberty

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2011
Background: β-thalassemia major is among the most common genetic disorders in Iran. Blood transfusion, as the main stem of management of these patients, has numerous side effects including iron overload.
Atoosa Adibi, Ali Hekmatnia, Maryam Moradi, Ali Asghar Rahmani, Mohammad Hassan Moaddab   +4 more
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Reproductive and developmental effects of phthalate diesters in females. [PDF]

, 2013
Phthalate diesters, widely used in flexible plastics and consumer products, have become prevalent contaminants in the environment. Human exposure is ubiquitous and higher phthalate metabolite concentrations documented in patients using medications with ...
Chambers, Christina, Foster, Warren G, Kay, Vanessa R   +2 more
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The multiple hit model of infantile and epileptic spasms: The 2025 update

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Infantile and epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS) is a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy manifesting with epileptic spasms and poor neurodevelopmental outcomes. There is an urgent need for the development of more effective and tolerated therapies.
Aristea S. Galanopoulou, Wenzhu B. Mowrey, Wei Liu, Anna Maria Katsarou, Qianyun Li, Oleksii Shandra, Solomon L. Moshé   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source