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Gut microbiota develop towards an adult profile in a sex-specific manner during puberty

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Accumulating evidence indicates that gut microbiota may regulate sex-hormone levels in the host, with effects on reproductive health. Very little is known about the development of intestinal microbiota during puberty in humans.
Katri Korpela   +13 more
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Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Early Puberty in Girls

open access: yesChildren, 2021
In recent decades, pubertal onset in girls has been considered to occur at an earlier age than previously. Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) has been associated with alterations in pubertal timing, with several reports suggesting that ...
Anastasios Papadimitriou   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pubertal timing and grade effects on adjustment

open access: yesJournal of Youth and Adolescence, 1985
Effects on adjustment of biological maturation and social timing were compared using data from a longitudinal sample of 335 young adolescents, who were followed from the sixth through eighth grades. Biological maturation was estimated from the relative timing of the adolescent growth spurt. Social timing was assessed by grade in school. Five adjustment
Petersen, Anne C., Crockett, Lisa J
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Association between pubertal development and elevated blood pressure in children

open access: yesThe Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2021
Blood pressure (BP) increased with age and height development, but little was known about the effect of pubertal development on blood pressure in children. A cross‐sectional study was performed among 4146 children aged 7–12 years old in China.
Yanhui Li   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Height and timing of growth spurt during puberty in young people living with vertically acquired HIV in Europe and Thailand. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe growth during puberty in young people with vertically acquired HIV. DESIGN: Pooled data from 12 paediatric HIV cohorts in Europe and Thailand.
Abou-Rayyah, ACM   +436 more
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Is Psychopathology Associated With the Timing of Pubertal Development?

open access: yesJournal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 1997
This investigation tested whether the timing of pubertal development was associated with concurrent and prior experiences of psychopathology (symptoms and disorders) in adolescent boys and girls.A large (N = 1,709) community sample of high school students were interviewed using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age ...
J A, Graber   +3 more
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Progress in the study of the association between pubertal timing and blood pressure

open access: yesShanghai yufang yixue
With the increasing burden of hypertension in Chinese adults, the detection rate of hypertension among children and adolescents continued to rise, drawing increasing attention to the impact of pubertal timing on blood pressure.
WANG Xi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic, epigenetic and enviromental influencing factors on the regulation of precocious and delayed puberty

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
The pubertal development onset is controlled by a network of genes that regulate the gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) pulsatile release and the subsequent increase of the circulating levels of pituitary gonadotropins that activate the gonadal ...
Maria Felicia Faienza   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Substance P regulates puberty onset and fertility in the female mouse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Puberty is a tightly regulated process that leads to reproductive capacity. Kiss1 neurons are crucial in this process by stimulating GnRH, yet how Kiss1 neurons are regulated remains unknown. Substance P (SP), an important neuropeptide in pain perception,
Carroll, R.S.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Externalizing problems among Kosovar adolescents: pubertal correlates in girls and boys

open access: yesInternational Journal of Adolescence and Youth
Pubertal timing and pubertal developmental status or stage have been associated with the rates of externalizing problems among youth, particularly in vulnerable developmental contexts including cultures undergoing rapid transformations. The present study
Elona Krasniqi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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