"Puberty" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A period in the human life in which the development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal system takes place and reaches full maturity. The onset of synchronized endocrine events in puberty lead to the capacity for reproduction (FERTILITY), development of secondary SEX CHARACTERISTICS, and other changes seen in ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT.
| Descriptor ID |
D011627
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.760 G08.686.841.374
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Puberty" by people in Profiles.
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Pubertal mediators of early life stress and age on adolescent alcohol initiation: Analysis by sex. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2025 Oct; 180:107559.
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Early life stress and pubertal predictors of subsequent substance use in a national diverse sample of adolescents: Sex and substance type matter. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Mar 01; 268:112551.
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Longitudinal Associations of Pubertal Timing and Tempo With Adolescent Mental Health and Risk Behavior Initiation in Urban South Africa. J Adolesc Health. 2021 07; 69(1):64-73.
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Pubertal Development and Prepubertal Height and Weight Jointly Predict Young Adult Height and Body Mass Index in a Prospective Study in South Africa. J Nutr. 2016 07; 146(7):1394-401.
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Early Life Growth Predicts Pubertal Development in South African Adolescents. J Nutr. 2016 Mar; 146(3):622-9.
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Effects of sex, race, and puberty on cortical bone and the functional muscle bone unit in children, adolescents, and young adults. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Apr; 95(4):1681-9.
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Are there short cuts to pubertal assessments? Self-reported and assessed group differences in pubertal development in African adolescents. J Adolesc Health. 2008 Mar; 42(3):259-65.
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Studying adolescence. Science. 2006 Jun 30; 312(5782):1902-5.
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Bone mineral density in Turner's syndrome--a longitudinal study. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 1997 Sep; 47(3):367-70.