Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Post-traumatic hypopituitarism (PTHP) is a recognised sequel of traumatic brain injury (TBI), occurring in 25–69% of adult patients, but there are few data on the prevalence or natural history in childhood. Our aim was to determine pituitary function in children at least 4 years after TBI requiring paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission. At the same time body composition was evaluated.Methods: Children discharged from the regi...

The gastro-entero-pancreatic hormones are involved in the regulation of postprandial nutrient homeostasis. Food intake or fasting triggers the release of these hormones. A direct connection between food intake and bone turnover, assessed by biochemical markers of bone resorption and formation, has been demonstrated in animals and humans.The aim was to study the expression of receptors for the gut hormones, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GI...

Cell autonomous sex identity (CASI) of birds is the concept that sex-steroids have little or no effect on the development of secondary sexual characteristics in birds, and that sexual dimorphisms are determined by the sex-chromosome content of cells in individual tissues. In avian species males have a ZZ sex chromosome, while females are ZW. Sexual dimorphisms in chickens, such as muscle mass, comb and wattle size and hackles and spur development are believed to be determined ...