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Developmental variations in environmental influences including endocrine disruptors on pubertal timing and neuroendocrine control: revision of human observations and mechanistic insight from rodents

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Parent, Anne-Simone, Franssen, Delphine, Fudvoye, Julie, Gérard, Arlette, Bourguignon, Jean-Pierre·2015·Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Abstract

Puberty presents remarkable individual differences in timing reaching over 5 years in humans. We put emphasis on the two edges of the age distribution of pubertal signs in humans and point to an extended distribution towards earliness for initial pubertal stages and towards lateness for final pubertal stages. Such distortion of distribution is a recent phenomenon. This suggests changing environmental influences including the possible role of nutrition, stress and endocrine disruptors. Our ability to assess neuroendocrine effects and mechanisms is very limited in humans. Using the rodent as a model, we examine the impact of environmental factors on the individual variations in pubertal timing and the possible underlying mechanisms. The capacity of environmental factors to shape functioning of the neuroendocrine system is thought to be maximal during fetal and early postnatal life and possibly less important when approaching the time of onset of puberty.

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Authors
Parent, A.-S., Franssen, D., Fudvoye, J., Gérard, A., & Bourguignon, J.-P.
Affiliations
University of Liège (BE)
Corresponding author
Bourguignon, Jean-Pierre
Venue
Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-07
Volume
38
Pages
12-36
ISSN
0091-3022 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2089917595
Cited by
175
References
254
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FWCI
2.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Belgian Foundation for Research
  • European Commission
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
Keywords
pubertal timing, endocrine disruptors, neuroendocrine regulation, puberty onset, developmental origins of health and disease, nutrition, stress, rodent models
MeSH terms
Animals, Environment, Environmental Exposure, Humans, Neurosecretory Systems, Rodentia, Sexual Maturation, Endocrine Disruptors

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