Autism, EDCs,, androstenedione

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Increased serum androstenedione in adults with autism spectrum

conditions. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21398041>

Ruta L, Ingudomnukul E, K, Chakrabarti B, Baron-Cohen S.

Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011 Sep;36(8):1154-63

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Effects of endocrine disruptors on dehydroepiandrosterone

sulfotransferase and enzymes involved in PAPS synthesis: genomic and

nongenomic pathways. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18174950>

R, Turan N, Kirk C, Ramsden D, Waring R.

Environ Health Perspect. 2007 Dec;115 Suppl 1:51-4.

" These data suggest that environmental contaminants may exert effects on

neuronal function both by direct inhibition of sulfotransferase enzymes

and by interrupting the supply of PAPS, which has wider implications for

endocrine disruption and xenobiotic metabolism. "