Endocrine Abstracts

Puberty is a major event in human development that impacts the individual, the family and society in general, but with exception of its endocrinology the fundamental biology underlying the process is poorly understood. Puberty is the result of the complete activation of the pituitary-gonadal axis that, in man, is triggered by re-augmentation of pulsatile hypothalamic GnRH release after approximately a decade of pre-pubertal development during which time this mode of neuropepti...

Puberty is a major event in human development that impacts the individual, the family and society in general, but with exception of its endocrinology the fundamental biology underlying the process is poorly understood. Puberty is the result of the complete activation of the pituitary-gonadal axis that, in man, is triggered by re-augmentation of pulsatile hypothalamic GnRH release after approximately a decade of pre-pubertal development during which time this mode of neuropepti...