Pituitary volume mediates the relationship between pubertal timing and depressive symptoms during adolescence

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 881-891

  Whittle, Sarah ^a,b   Yücel, Murat ^a,b   Lorenzetti, Valentina ^b   Byrne, Michelle L ^b   Simmons, Julian G ^a   Wood, Stephen J ^b,c   Pantelis, Christos ^b   Allen, Nicholas B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Depression; Pituitary; Pubertal timing; Puberty; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PITUITARY VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTAL TIMING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; PROGNOSIS; PUBERTY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861187838     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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