Sex determination using gonial angle during growth spurt period: a direct examination

Iron Deficiency during Pubertal Growth Spurt

1 Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados – MS. 2 Disciplina de Pediatria. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados – MS. 3 Disciplina de Saúde Coletiva da Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André/SP. 4 Professor Titular. Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul. 5 Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva da U...

Clitoria ternatea (Linn) root extract treatment during growth spurt period enhances learning and memory in rats.

Neonatal rat pups (7 days old) were intubated with either 50 mg/kg body weight or 100 mg/kg body weight of aqueous root extract of Clitoria ternatea (CTR) for 30 days. These rats were then subjected to open field, two compartment passive avoidance and spatial learning (T-Maze) tests (i) immediately after the treatment and (ii) 30 days after the treatment, along with age matched normal and salin...

Centella asiatica (linn) induced behavioural changes during growth spurt period in neonatal rats

A characteristic feature of animals and particularly of humans is the ability to alter their behaviour on the basis of experience or learning. Learning is an acquisition and storage of information as a consequence of experience. Memory is a relatively permanent storage form of the learned information [1]. The hippocampus and amygdala are two important regions involved in learning and memory. In...

[Iron, copper and zinc in adolescents during pubertal growth spurt].

OBJECTIVE To examine iron, copper and zinc nutritional status and their correlation with Body Mass Index (BMI), serum and dietetic levels in adolescents during the pubertal growth spurt. METHODS A descriptive cross-sectional study involving a sample of 47 adolescents out of 360 patients (19 boys, whose ages ranged from 12.3 to 16 years and 28 girls, whose ages ranged from 11.1 to 13.6 years),...

A growth spurt in children's health laws.