Gender-specific differences in hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal axis activity during childhood: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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• 作者：Bibian van der Voorn ; Jonneke J. Hollanders…
• 关键词：Glucocorticoid ; Stress hormone ; Infant ; Pediatric ; Sex characteristics
• 刊名：Biology of Sex Differences
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：8
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1502KB
• 刊物主题：Human Physiology; Endocrinology;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：2042-6410
• 卷排序：8

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BackgroundGender-specific differences in hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis activity have been postulated to emerge during puberty. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to test the hypothesis that gender-specific differences in HPA axis activity are already present in childhood.