Precocious puberty is defined as the appearance of clinical signs before age 8 years in girls and 9 boys. The central origin due to a premature activation hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis from which tumor pathology must be eliminated each case. It distinguished early peripheral independent hypothalamic-pituitary stimulation adrenal or gonadal origin. In boys, precocious most often there high...

Some environmental factors may influence the pituitary-gonadal function. Among these, light plays an important role in animals and in humans. The effect of light on the endocrine system is mediated by the pineal gland, through the modulation of melatonin secretion. In fact, melatonin secretion is stimulated by darkness and suppressed by light, thus its circadian rhythm peaks at night. Light pla...

AIMS To study the value of assessing serum concentrations of luteinising hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), testosterone, and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in patients with male undermasculinisation not caused by androgen insensitivity. METHODS A retrospective study of a register of cases of male undermasculinisation (20 with abnormal testes, eight with 5alpha-reductase deficiency,...

background: asparagus is a plant with high nutritional, pharmaceutical, and industrial values. objective: the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of aqueous extract of asparagus roots on the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis hormones and oogenesis in female rats. materials and methods: in this experimental study, 40 adult female wistar rats were divided into five groups, which consist ...