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In other words, something happens in puberty — but not earlier in childhood — that allows the brain to shift back to normal stress responses that had been skewed by early trauma.

Taken together, Romeo’s studies suggested that neuroendocrine stress responses get shaped during puberty to emerge differently in adulthood.

During puberty, the body grows faster, changes shape and gets hair in new places.

The responses were being shaped more powerfully when those stressors occurred around puberty rather than later in life.

The researchers also noted at what stage of puberty each child was in —from 1 to 5.

That our Post-Puberty Dennis the Menace appears to be lost in such deep slumber seems only understandable.

Puberty, pū′bėr-ti, n. the age of full development: early manhood or womanhood: the period when a plant begins to flower.

Puberty is reached relatively late, usually between the fourteenth and sixteenth years.

Puberty comes to both sexes as early as at ten and eleven years.

By "Puberty" is meant the age at which a woman begins her period of possible child-bearing experience.

Puberty marks its advent, although the exact sign of its arrival is hard to determine.

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On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to puberty, such as: adolescence, boyhood, girlhood, greenness, juvenescence, and juvenility.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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