ReviewHormones (Athens, Greece)2021
Association of growth hormone deficiency (GHD) with anxiety and depression: experimental data and evidence from GHD children and adolescents.
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- Growth Hormone and IGF-1 Actions in the Brain and Neuropsychiatric Diseases.Physiology (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Review
- Differential role of anterior and posterior pituitary lobes in healthy aging and perceived stress.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Chronic administration of isotretinoin induces depressive- and anxiety-like behaviors by altering the neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction pathway in adolescent mice.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- Patterns of brain structure-function coupling variations related to height and growth hormone in children with short stature.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- 24-Week jumping exercise influence on growth speed and GH-IGF-1-IGFBP-3 axis among short-stature children.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Effects of growth hormone-releasing hormone deficiency in mice beyond growth.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2025Review
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- Evaluation of gray-matter and white-matter microstructural abnormalities in children with growth hormone deficiency: a comprehensive assessment with synthetic magnetic resonance imaging.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Depressive and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents with selected endocrine diseases.Pediatric endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism · 2025Review
- Effects of aerobic exercise combined with blood flow restriction on physical fitness and mental health of high school students.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Growth Hormone, Hypothalamic Inflammation, and Aging.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2024Review
- Growth Hormone Receptor in Lateral Hypothalamic Neurons Is Required for Increased Food-Seeking Behavior during Food Restriction in Male Mice.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024Article
- Vilazodone Alleviates Neurogenesis-Induced Anxiety in the Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress Female Rat Model: Role of Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling.Molecular neurobiology · 2024Article
- New findings on brain actions of growth hormone and potential clinical implications.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2024Review
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Abstract
Anxiety and depression are among the commonest emotional problems in children and young adolescents. They are encountered with even higher prevalence in children and adults with growth hormone deficiency (GHD). Alterations in the somatotropic axis, as observed in both GH/IGF1 deficiency and excess, can produce permanent changes in brain tissue structure. The growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor 1 (GH/IGF1) axis seems to exert a regulatory effect on brain function and neurogenesis, especially in the hippocampus, a brain region associated with mental and emotional disorders, such as depression and anxiety. There is evidence from animal models of the possible interrelationship of the endocrine system with the pathogenesis of emotional disorders. Moreover, clinical data support the association of GHD and mood disorders, which are often reversed by GH replacement therapy. However, the causal relationship and the mechanism underlying this association are to date obscure and remain to be clarified. The present review reports experimental data from animal models regarding the role of GH/IGF1 in emotional disorders and focuses on clinical data on the presence of these disorders in children with GHD and their response to GH therapy.
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