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The neural basis of puberty and adolescence
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The pubertal transition to adulthood involves both gonadal and behavioral maturation. A developmental clock, along with permissive signals that provide information on somatic growth, energy balance and season, time the awakening of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons at the onset of puberty. High-frequency GnRH release results from disinhibition and activation of GnRH neurons at puberty onset, leading to gametogenesis and an increase in gonadal steroid hormone secretion. Steroid hormones, in turn, both remodel and activate neural circuits during adolescent brain development, leading to the development of sexual salience of sensory stimuli, sexual motivation, and expression of copulatory behaviors in specific social contexts. These influences of hormones on reproductive behavior depend in part on changes in the adolescent brain that occur independently of gonadal maturation. Reproductive maturity is therefore the product of developmentally timed, brain-driven and recurrent interactions between steroid hormones and the adolescent nervous system.
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- Authors
- Sisk, C. L., & Foster, D. L.
- Affiliations
- Michigan State University (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sisk, Cheryl L
- ORCID
- Sisk, Cheryl L
- Venue
- Nature Neuroscience
- Published
- 2004-09-27
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1040-1047
- ISSN
- 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
- 1546-1726
- OpenAlex
- W2094109313
- Cited by
- 1,085
- References
- 109
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- FWCI
- 4.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
- Keywords
- puberty, adolescence, GnRH neurons, steroid hormones, adolescent brain development, sexual motivation, sexual behavior, reproductive maturation, neural circuits, gonadal maturation
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Animals, Biological Clocks, Brain, Gonads, Humans, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone, Puberty, Sexual Behavior, Sex Characteristics, Sexual Maturation
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