Front Matter

Index 295

European Union Cosmetics
Directive 189
exome sequencing analysis 23
extreme male brain (EMB)
theory 10–12, 124, 125, 126,
130, 132, 207

f
famine, prenatal, and schizophrenia 161
Federal Fair Packaging and Labeling
Act (1973) (US) 6, 178, 188
femtomolar concentrations 37, 76–7,
177, 184
fenarimol 173t
fenbuconazole 174t
fenitrothion 174t
fenvalerate 174t
fertility rates 219, 221, 222f
fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
(FASDs) 38, 38f, 91–2
fetal alcohol syndrome 66
feto‐fetal transfusion syndrome (FFTS)
147–8, 147f
fipronil 174t
flame retardants 211
Fleishmann, Carly 16–17
fluvirin 271
fluzone 271
folic acid deficiency 66
Food and Drug Administration
(US) 6, 163
food antioxidant 172t
formalin 266–7
Fragile X syndrome 61, 70–1, 70f,
72, 107
fragrance abuse 92
fragrances, synthetic 5–7, 12–13, 31,
52, 100, 170, 178–83
effects on female oxytocin‐receptor
positive neurons 185f, 186
effects on male oxytocin receptor
neurons 184–5, 184f
fetal exposure to 37

in fetal neuroblastoma cells 6, 6f

mutagenic/carcinogenic effects

of 5–6, 5f

popular, and secret ingredients 7f

Freud, Sigmund 57

Frozen (Disney movie) 60

fungicides 211

furans 172t

FYN Tyrosine Kinase Protooncogene

(FYN) 151

g

galaxolide 13, 37, 76, 131, 170, 171,

178, 188, 191

Gates, Bill 19

gender bias in ASD 9, 171

for ASD 171

in Asperger syndrome 123

in classical autism 123

male 123, 131

molecular basis of 134–7

genetic deletions 3–4

genetic drift 52

genetic mutations 3–4, 23, 34–5, 52f,

72–3

genetic variation 68

genetics and ASD 2, 51–2, 68, 69

vs environment 75–7

family 69

as myth 67

genistein 177t

genome

analyses of ASD 68

architecture of ASD 69

human vs mouse 72–3

genomic imprinting 134

gestational diabetes 66

Gillberg, Christopher 1

glucose 66

glutaraldehyde 269

glycolytic pathway 66

glyphosate 7–9, 8f, 43, 149, 288

gonocytes, delayed 221