GONADAL AND ADRENAL HORMONE CORRELATES OF SELFCONCEPT IN EARLY ADLOESCENCE

Adrenal androgen and gonadal hormone levels in adolescent girls with conduct disorder.

There are few data on the biological correlates of female antisocial behavior. This study compared adrenal androgen and gonadal hormone levels in adolescent girls with conduct disorder (CD) to girls without any psychiatric disorder (NC). We studied 87 girls, (47 CD; 36 NC), ages 15-17 years, obtaining three blood samples, drawn 20 min apart between 8 and 9 AM in the first 72 h of the onset of m...

The Pituitary-Adrenal-Gonadal Complex.

Interaction of Adrenal and Gonadal Axes during Stress in Males

Living organisms maintain a dynamic equilibrium of biological variables inside limits of fluctuation, which is known as homeostasis, through adjustments in the internal environment controlled by biological systems. Homeostasis is constantly threatened by internal or external adverse forces called stressors[1], and the response to them is known as stress. Stress has been defined as a physiologic...

Salivary gonadal and adrenal hormone differences in boys and girls with and without disruptive behavior disorders: Contextual variants.

Hormone differences by psychopathology group and gender may have implications for understanding disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs) and complexities of treatment outcomes. Current theoretical models emphasize contextual differences as moderators of hormone-behavior relations. This baseline report examined: (a) hormone differences in youth with and without DBD, and (b) contextual factors as mod...

Overviews of Stem Cells for Gonadal and Adrenal Steroidogenic Cells

Gonads and adrenal glands are the primary organs for the production of steroid hormones in mammals. Steroid hormones play important roles in development and are essential for the maintenance of homeostasis during adult life. To supply sufficient amounts of hormones, gonads and adrenal glands maintain their functions by replenishment of steroidogenic cells. It has been hypothesized that stem/pro...