HPG-axis hormones during puberty: A study on the association with hypothalamic and pituitary volumes

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-140

  Peper, Jiska S ^a,b   Brouwer, Rachel M ^b   van Leeuwen, Marieke ^c   Schnack, Hugo G ^b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^c   Kahn, René S ^b   Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Estradiol; FSH; Hypothalamus; Pituitary gland; Puberty; Volumetric MRI

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; VARIANCE;

CHILD; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; PUBERTY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTIS;

EID: 71849093393     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.05.025     Document Type: Article

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