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Sensitive period for developing a robust trait of appetitive aggression

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2015
Violent behaviour can be intrinsically rewarding; especially combatants fighting in current civil wars present with elevated traits of appetitive aggression. The majority of these fighters were recruited as children or adolescents.
Anke eKöbach, Anke eKöbach, Thomas eElbert, Thomas eElbert   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Role of Posterodorsal Medial Amygdala Urocortin-3 in Pubertal Timing in Female Mice

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
Post-traumatic stress disorder impedes pubertal development and disrupts pulsatile LH secretion in humans and rodents. The posterodorsal sub-nucleus of the medial amygdala (MePD) is an upstream modulator of the hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone
Deyana Ivanova, XiaoFeng Li, Yali Liu, Caitlin McIntyre, Cathy Fernandes, Cathy Fernandes, Geffen Lass, Lingsi Kong, Kevin T. O’Byrne   +8 more
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Pubertal development in Norwegian girls [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Evidence suggests that girls worldwide are experiencing a decrease in age at pubertal onset, but data from Norwegian girls have not been available. Early pubertal timing is associated with adverse health outcomes.
Bruserud, Ingvild Særvold, Bruserud, Ingvild   +1 more
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Disentangling the unique contributions of age, pubertal stage, and pubertal hormones to brain structure in childhood and adolescence

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Puberty and associated changes in pubertal hormones influence structural brain development. Hormones such as dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and progesterone remain understudied, and it remains unclear how these aspects of puberty contribute uniquely to ...
Mark Curtis, John C. Flournoy, Sridhar Kandala, Ashley F.P. Sanders, Michael P. Harms, Adam Omary, Leah H. Somerville, Deanna M. Barch   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterization of pubertal development of girls in rural Bangladesh.

PLoS ONE, 2021
This study aimed to describe the timing and patterns of pubertal maturation of girls living in rural Bangladesh. Starting in September 2015, a total of 15,320 girls from a birth cohort, aged 9 to 15 years at initial encounter, were visited twice at about
Jinhee Hur, Kerry J Schulze, Andrew L Thorne-Lyman, Lee S-F Wu, Saijuddin Shaikh, Hasmot Ali, Alain B Labrique, Keith P West   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the stability of psychobiological stress reactivity during adolescence: mixed-effect modelling of cortisol responses to laboratory stressors [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

HRB Open Research
Background Puberty has been historically considered as a time of risk and vulnerability for young people. It is associated with rapid development in the hypothalamus, which is central in the production of both stress and sex steroids.
Elizabeth Susman, Jen O'Shea, Samantha Dockray   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association of puberty timing with parental age at childbirth among primary and secondary students in Beijing

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2022
ObjectiveTo explore the relationship between puberty timing and parental age at childbirth among primary and secondary students and in Beijing, and to provide a reference for further comprehending puberty development of children and adolescents ...
Zu-hong ZHANG, Tian-jiao CHEN, Jun MA
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The Role of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Ataxia‐Telangiectasia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Ataxia‐telangiectasia (A‐T) is a DNA repair disorder characterized by neurodegeneration, immunodeficiency, and cancer predisposition. Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is an established therapy in related disorders such as Fanconi anemia (FA) and Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS), but its role in A‐T is unclear.
Laila Alkhouli, Seth Rotz, Masatoshi Takagi, Richa Sharma   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of war exposure on pubertal development in refugee children. [PDF]

Dev Psychol, 2023
Increasing research shows pubertal development accelerates following threats while it decelerates following deprivation. Yet, these environmental stressors are unlikely to occur in isolation.
Black CJ, McEwen FS, Smeeth D, Popham CM, Karam E, Pluess M.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Growth and Pubertal Development Among HIV Infected Children Aged 8-18 years in Dar es Salaam [PDF]

, 2012
Advances in management of HIV-infected infants and children have been remarkable, majority of infected children are now surviving into adolescence. Several studies have shown that growth and pubertal development is often impaired among children with HIV ...
Mbwile, Gloria Reginald, Mbwile, G.R
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