Endocrine Disruptors and Puberty

1. Introduction to Endocrine Disruptors and Puberty
Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis, Andrea C. Gore

2. In Utero Exposure to Environmental Chemicals: Lessons from Maternal Cigarette Smoking and Its Effects on Gonad Development and Puberty
Rebecca McKinlay, Peter O’Shaughnessey, Richard M. Sharpe, Paul A. Fowler

3. Reproductive Neuroendocrine Targets of Developmental Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors
Sarah M. Dickerson, Stephanie L. Cunningham, Andrea C. Gore

4. Endocrine Disruptors and Puberty Disorders from Mice to Men (and Women)
Alberto Mantovani

5. Thyroid Hormone Regulation of Mammalian Reproductive Development and the Potential Impact of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals
Kara Renee Thoemke, Thomas William Bastian, Grant Wesley Anderson

6. Developmental Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors and Ovarian Function
Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis, Eleni Palioura, Eleni A. Kandaraki

7. Developmental Exposure to Environmental Endocrine Disruptors and Adverse Effects on Mammary Gland Development
Suzanne E. Fenton, Lydia M. Beck, Aditi R. Borde, Jennifer L. Rayner

8. Developmental Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors and Male Urogenital Tract Malformations
Mariana F. Fernandez, Nicolas Olea

9. EDC Exposures and the Development of Reproductive and Nonreproductive Behaviors
Craige C. Wrenn, Ashwini Mallappa, Amy B. Wisniewski

10. Adipocytes as Target Cells for Endocrine Disruption
Amanda Janesick, Bruce Blumberg

11. Altered Glucose Homeostasis Resulting from Developmental Exposures to Endocrine Disruptors
Alan Schneyer, Melissa Brown

12. Developmental Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Is There a Connection with Birth and Childhood Weights?
Elizabeth E. Hatch, Jessica W. Nelson, Rebecca Troisi, Linda Titus

13. The Impact of Endocrine Disruptors on Female Pubertal Timing
Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, Anne-Simone Parent

14. The Influence of Endocrine Disruptors on Male Pubertal Timing
Xiufeng Wu, Ningning Zhang, Mary M. Lee

15. Secular Trends in Pubertal Timing: A Role for Environmental Chemical Exposure?
Vincent F. Garry, Peter Truran

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Endocrinology, Oncology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Cell Biology, Internal Medicine