Multi-System Endocrine Disruption

Introduction.- Neuroendocrine effects of developmental PCB exposure, with particular reference to hypothalamic gene expression.- The kisspeptin system as putative target for endocrine disruption of puberty and reproductive health.- Effects of prenatal exposure to endocrine disrupters on cerebral cortex development.- Endocrine Disruption of the Thyroid and its Consequences in Development.- Neural progenitors are direct targets of xenoestrogens in zebrafish.- Exposure to environmental chemicals as a risk factor for diabetes development.- Contribution of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals to the Obesity Epidemic: Consequences of Developmental Exposure.- Fetal and adult exposure to bisphenol-a as a contributing factor in the etiology of the metabolic syndrome.- Bisphenol A in the gut: another break in the wall?.- Adverse trends of male reproductive health in two Nordic countries indicate environmental problems.- Origin of testicular dysgenesis syndrome disorders in the masculinisation programming window: relevance to final testis size (=sperm production).- Subject Index