298 Index
neuroblastoma cell line (NBC) 76,
132, 171
neuroblastomas 159–60
neuroendocrine axes 215
neurofibromatosis 169
neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) 152–3
neuronal progenitor cells 181f
neuropeptide arginine
vasopressin 102–3
Newton, Isaac 19
Nicksic‐Springer, Professor Taryn 59
nitro musks 188, 189
nitrofen 175t
nonachlor 175t
nonseminoma 221
nonviral Infections 252–4
nonylphenol 177to
obsessive compulsive disorder 250
octachlorostyrene 172t
octinoxate 13, 37, 76, 100, 131, 170,
171, 186, 193–4, 223
chemical structure and adverse
effects of 187t
octyl methoxycinnamate see octinoxate
octylphenol 177t
odor perception 84, 86
odorant molecules 86
odorant neurons, fetal, synthetic
chemicals and 88–9
odorant receptors (ORs) 83
olfaction and autism 83
diagnostic assessment 85
neural pathways of 85f
paucity of 16
process of 87–92
olfactory bulb neurons 7, 98
olfactory bulbs 28, 86
olfactory cells, regeneration of 86
olfactory cortex 86, 88
olfactory dysfunction 84, 86
alcohol and 91–2olfactory epithelium 86, 87, 88
olfactory odor neurons 88
olfactory receptor cells 86
olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) 86
open reading frames (ORFs) 18–9
orbitofrontal cortex 88, 90
orchiopexy 211
organochlorine pesticides 188
organohalogens, persistent 172t
organomercury in vaccines 42, 149,
271, 272–3
organophosphate insecticides 170
orthonasal olfaction process 87, 88
ovine sexually dimorphic nucleus
(oSDN) 203–5
oxybenzone 13, 37, 76, 131, 170, 171
oxychlordane 175t
oxygen free radicals 34
oxytocin 37, 76, 89, 97–9
abnormalities of 112–13
in ASD 99–103
AVP neurons and 103–4
and communication abilities 160
developmental neurological
disorders and 106–7
effects on human physiological
responses 105f
efficiency to its respective
receptor 182–3
exogenous treatments 108–9
functions 112
gender and 98
intranasal and intravenous, in
ASD 109–10, 109f, 111
low plasma 36–7
in mice 106–7
neurons producing 103f
social cognition and 98–9
social experience in development
and 104–5
synthetic 98
trials 110–12
oxytocin receptor genes in mice 106–7