This article provides a brief overview of adolescence. It highlights the key physical changes
related to puberty and identifies the latest understanding of neurological development in …

Puberty is a defining phase of human development where growth ends and the ability to
reproduce begins. An understanding of the events leading up to puberty highlights the fact …

Poor postnatal growth after preterm birth does not match the normal rapid growth in utero
and is associated with preterm morbidities. Insulin‐like growth factor 1 (IGF‐1) axis is the …

In this review, we analyze the effects of growth hormone on a number of tissues and organs
and its putative role in the longitudinal growth of an organism. We conclude that the …

Adolescence is a developmental stage defined by physical and psychosocial maturation.
This stage encompasses puberty, a complex series of events mediated by genetic …

The complex networks of nutritional, cellular, paracrine, and endocrine factors are closely
related with pubertal growth and epiphyseal fusion. Important influencing factors include …

Male and female infants respond differentially to environmental stimuli, with different growth
and neurodevelopmental trajectories. Male infants are more likely to be disadvantaged …

Background Human growth is a complex mechanism that depends on genetic,
environmental, nutritional and hormonal factors. The main hormone involved in growth at …

Tendons feature the crucial role to transmit the forces exerted by the muscles to the skeleton.
Thus, an increase of the force generating capacity of a muscle needs to go in line with a …

Objective Progress through puberty involves a complex hormonal cascade, but the
individual contributions of hormones, particularly IGF‐1, are unknown. We reanalysed Chard …