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hrp0095p1-145 | Pituitary, Neuroendocrinology and Puberty | ESPE2022

Spatial navigation and memory in transgender male adolescents treated with gender affirming hormones

Perl Liat , Oren Asaf , C. Mueller Sven , Raphael Ido , Borger Ophir , Sheppes Tamar , Shechner Tomer

Background: Spatial navigation is an essential human skill that helps individuals track their changes in position and orientation by integrating self-motion cues. Meta-analyses indicate that males, on average, perform better than females on a number of spatial tasks. Sex steroids, mainly androgens, modulate the remodeling of synapses in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus, a limbic brain area with critical influence on spatial and contextual memory. Androgen...

hrp0095p1-368 | Sex Differentiation, Gonads and Gynaecology, and Sex Endocrinology | ESPE2022

Gender dimorphism in transgender youth – hormonal therapy and the balance between muscle, adipose tissue and cardiometabolic alterations

Borger Ophir , Oren Asaf , Perl Liat , Yackobovitch-Gavan Michal , Sheppes Tamar , Brener Avivit , Elkon-Tamir Erella , Israeli Galit , Segev-Becker Anat , Lebenthal Ophir Yael

Context: Given the importance of sex hormones in metabolic regulation, dynamics in body composition and cardiometabolic alterations may occur in transgender persons receiving gender-affirming hormone (GAH) therapy.Objectives: Our aim was to explore the association between muscle-to-fat ratio (MFR) and the risk for metabolic syndrome components in transgender youth.Methods: In 71 tr...

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Spatial navigation and memory in transgender male adolescents treated with gender affirming hormones

Gender dimorphism in transgender youth – hormonal therapy and the balance between muscle, adipose tissue and cardiometabolic alterations

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