Front Matter

194 Autism and Exposure to Environmental Chemicals exposed to octinoxate. In addition, in the age range up to 8 months, the male ...

Synthetic EDCs 195 spruce construction products and can also be inhaled during forest walking (e.g., from pine wood trees), and ...

196 Autism and Exposure to Environmental Chemicals the fetuses to any abnormal amount of sex hormones may interfere with normal ...

Fine brittle hair and hair loss Bulging eyes Healthy Bulging eyes Goiter Enlarged Normal thyroid thyroid Hyperthyroidism Enlarge ...

198 Autism and Exposure to Environmental Chemicals where a finite number of hormonal interactions creates an infinite music of l ...

Where in Fetal Life Are Androgen Receptors Expressed? 199 target receptors, metabolism, degradation, excretion, and many others. ...

200 Autism and Exposure to Environmental Chemicals observations is that androgenic steroids might be capable of exerting immuno‐ ...

Bodily systems affected by testosterone Brain/Focus Muscle mass Kidney Lean body mass Bone Testosterone levels can affect mood, ...

202 Autism and Exposure to Environmental Chemicals behaviors and cognitive functions [104,105]. Testosterone and estrogen are al ...

Why Testosterone is Essential for Engineering a Male Brain 203 volume than that of females (Figures 7.11 and 7.12). This correla ...

Sagittal plane Intermediate mass of thalamus Dorsomedial nucleus Posterior hypothalamic nucleus Ventromedial nucleus Mammillary ...

Why Testosterone is Essential for Engineering a Male Brain 205 prenatally. They also cultured the primary oSDN in vitro and show ...

206 Autism and Exposure to Environmental Chemicals higher concentration of ARs in the VMH than do females. The VMH contains four ...

Why Testosterone is Essential for Engineering a Male Brain 207 in shaping brain morphology, evidence also suggests that fetal te ...

208 Autism and Exposure to Environmental Chemicals involved in the occurrence of gender differences in anxiety. Estrogen replace ...

Adverse Effects of EDCs and Their Mechanisms of Action 209 Bioavailable Bound Testosterone (5 mg/d) 5 α-Reductase (6–8%) Aromata ...

210 Autism and Exposure to Environmental Chemicals Although the data are not always consistent between experimental and epidemio ...

Effects of Testosterone or AR Mimicking EDCs 211 anti‐androgens can act in a dose‐additive manner, which has challenged the curr ...

212 Autism and Exposure to Environmental Chemicals the harmful effects on human health of some anti‐androgens, such as testos­ t ...

Effects of Testosterone or AR Mimicking EDCs 213 levels [136]. High phthalate exposure was associated with a decline in free tes ...