To successfully negotiate the developmental transition between youth and adulthood,
adolescents must maneuver this often stressful period while acquiring skills necessary for …

An increase in pulsatile release of LHRH is essential for the onset of puberty. However, the
mechanism controlling the pubertal increase in LHRH release is still unclear. In primates the …

Adolescence is characterized by increased risk-taking, novelty-seeking, and locomotor
activity, all of which suggest a heightened appetitive drive. The neurotransmitter dopamine is …

Leptin, the product of the ob gene, is an adipocyte-derived hormone that signals the amount
of adipose tissue energy stores to the brain and exerts major effects on energy homeostasis …

The key component regulating vertebrate puberty and sexual maturation is the endocrine
system primarily effectuated along the brain–pituitary–gonad (BPG) axis. By far most …

BACKGROUND There is evidence of a positive association between asthma and obesity in
adults and in children. We investigated, in a large sample of English and Scottish primary …

Growth is a process which affects every individual from the hour of birth to the hour of death
and forms a background to almost every medical discipline, and Human Growth After Birth …

Estrogen modifies human emotion and cognition and impacts symptoms of schizophrenia.
We hypothesized that the variation in the estrogen receptor alpha (ESR1) gene and cortical …

Abstract Background: The Greulich‐Pyle (GP) Atlas of skeletal maturation has been
prepared in white children who born between 1917 and 1942 in the USA, and is frequently …

Many scientific studies have revealed a trend towards an earlier onset of puberty and have
disclosed an increasing number of children that display precocious puberty. As an …