HRB Open ResearchBackground 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 +2 more
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Jornal de Pediatria, 2019 Objective To examine the associations of in utero exposure to maternal diabetes with surrogate measures of offspring pubertal timing (age at peak height velocity [APHV]) and speed of pubertal growth (peak height velocity [PHV]). Study design Data from 77
C. Hockett +5 more
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Pubertal timing and adult fracture risk in men: A population-based cohort study
PLoS Medicine, 2019 Background Puberty is a critical period for bone mass accrual, and late puberty in boys is associated with reduced bone mass in adult men. The role of variations in pubertal timing within the normal range for adult fracture risk in men is, however ...
L. Vandenput +4 more
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The Development of Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescents [PDF]
, 2014 __Abstract__ Anxiety symptoms predict the onset of anxiety disorder and depression, and have been associated with lower levels of well-being even before they reach disorder status.
Mathyssek, C.M. (Christina)
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Discussion: Conditional growth charts
, 2007 Discussion of Conditional growth charts [math.ST/0702634]Comment: Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009053606000000632 in the Annals of Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat ...
Pere, Anneli
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Update on male reproductive endocrinology. [PDF]
, 2018 Practitioners of male reproductive and sexual medicine must have an intimate understanding of the physiology of male reproductive endocrinology, as such a knowledge is the cornerstone on which hormonal treatments are based.
Clavijo, Raul, Hsiao, Wayland
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A small population of hypothalamic neurons govern fertility: the critical role of VAX1 in GnRH neuron development and fertility maintenance. [PDF]
, 2016 Fertility depends on the correct maturation and function of approximately 800 gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons in the brain. GnRH neurons are at the apex of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis that regulates fertility. In adulthood, GnRH
Hoffmann, Hanne M, Mellon, Pamela L
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Timing of menarche and pubertal growth patterns using the QEPS growth model
Frontiers in PediatricsObjectivesTo explore the timing of menarche, postmenarcheal growth, and to investigate the impact of various variables on menarcheal age and postmenarcheal and pubertal growth.Study DesignThis longitudinal community population-based study analyzed ...
Jenni Gårdstedt-Berghog +13 more
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Stability of diurnal cortisol measures across days, weeks, and years across middle childhood and early adolescence: Exploring the role of age, pubertal development, and sex. [PDF]
, 2019 Effective regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA-axis) has been linked to numerous health outcomes. Within-person variation in diurnal measures of HPA-axis regulation assessed over days, months, and years can range between 50-73% of ...
Dickenson, Leah +4 more
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Nonlinear growth generates age changes in the moments of the frequency distribution: the example of height in puberty [PDF]
, 2008 Higher moments of the frequency distribution of child height and weight change with age, particularly during puberty, though why is not known. Our aims were to confirm that height skewness and kurtosis change with age during puberty, to devise a model to
Cole, TJ +4 more
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