Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
reifende endokrine Funktionskreise
English translation:
maturing endocrine functional circuits
German term
reifende endokrine Funktionskreise
"- bei Jugendlichen vor Abschluss der Pubertät und Kindern, weil ein ungünstiger Einfluss auf die *reifenden endokrinen Funktionskreise* und (oder) das Längenwachstum nicht auszuschließen ist"
All suggestions will be appreciated.
4 +1 | maturing endocrine functional circuits | David Le Cou (X) |
4 | maturing endocrine systems | casper (X) |
Jan 28, 2007 15:03: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "reifenden endokrinen Funktionskreise" to "reifende endokrine Funktionskreise"
Proposed translations
maturing endocrine functional circuits
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Note added at 20 hrs (2007-01-28 14:14:50 GMT)
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In response to Anne Schulz, to whom my thanks for her agreement, I would use "functional" as "dysfunctional circuits" do exist (http://jnnp.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/76/6/852)
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Note added at 1 day5 hrs (2007-01-28 23:25:05 GMT)
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As circadian periodicity in locus
coeruleus activity is eliminated by lesions of the DMH, it
seems that the SCN →DMH →locus coeruleus pathway
is a physiologically functional circuit. Extract from Nature Reviews, August 2002. Thus the phrase does exist in its entirety. Just one of several hundred references
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Anne Schulz
: IMO you don't even need to include "functional", as it is implied in "circuits".
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neutral |
Dr Sue Levy (X)
: I agree with Anne - circuit of endocrine function - the "functional" bit doesn't mean it's working properly, as opposed to "dysfunctional"
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maturing endocrine systems
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Note added at 1 day15 hrs (2007-01-29 09:45:29 GMT)
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An after-thought after reading David Le Count's answer:
I haven't come across the term 'endocrine functional circuit(s)', but the term 'endocrine circuit(s)' is certainly known + googles well.
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