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    Prolactin (PRL), also known as lactotropin and mammotropin, is a protein best known for its role in enabling mammals to produce milk. It is influential...
    56 KB (5,820 words) - 00:14, 19 May 2024
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    condition characterized by abnormally high levels of prolactin in the blood. In women, normal prolactin levels average to about 13 ng/mL, while in men, they...
    53 KB (5,750 words) - 08:55, 15 September 2024
  • The prolactin receptor (PRLR) is a type I cytokine receptor encoded in humans by the PRLR gene on chromosome 5p13-14. It is the receptor for prolactin (PRL)...
    17 KB (1,865 words) - 06:48, 21 December 2023
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    hormone prolactin from the anterior pituitary gland. Prolactin inhibitors suppress and prolactin releasers induce the secretion of prolactin, respectively...
    7 KB (573 words) - 10:00, 11 June 2024
  • A prolactin cell (also known as a lactotropic cell, epsilon acidophil, lactotrope, lactotroph, mammatroph, mammotroph) is a cell in the anterior pituitary...
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  • Prolactin-releasing hormone, also known as PRLH, is a hypothetical human hormone or hormone releasing factor. Existence of this factor has been hypothesized...
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    Domperidone (category Prolactin releasers)
    like gastroparesis (delayed gastric emptying). It raises the level of prolactin in the human body and is used off label to induce and promote breast milk...
    63 KB (5,650 words) - 21:49, 16 September 2024
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    hormone prolactin. It is the most common type of functioning pituitary tumor. Symptoms of prolactinoma are due to abnormally high levels of prolactin in the...
    23 KB (2,794 words) - 02:28, 6 September 2024
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    supplies the pituitary gland. The prolactin cells that produce prolactin, in the absence of dopamine, secrete prolactin continuously; dopamine inhibits...
    139 KB (14,249 words) - 04:40, 28 September 2024
  • synthesis and secretion of prolactin. Prolactin's primary functions are breast milk production and mammary gland development. Prolactin has a stimulating effect...
    31 KB (3,773 words) - 18:45, 17 September 2024
  • which some consider to be responsible for the male refractory period is prolactin, which is repressed by dopamine, and is responsible for sexual arousal...
    13 KB (1,308 words) - 09:51, 22 August 2024
  • arousal of a new relationship. Prolactin is a peptide hormone primarily produced in the anterior pituitary gland. Prolactin affects reproduction and lactation...
    32 KB (4,279 words) - 03:16, 16 May 2024
  • prolactin which are found in blood. The most common complex found in blood consists of prolactin and immunoglobulin G (IgG). While the free prolactin...
    5 KB (616 words) - 11:35, 15 January 2024
  • cause is found in about 50% of cases. Lactation requires the presence of prolactin, and the evaluation of galactorrhea includes eliciting a history for various...
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    Galactopoiesis is the maintenance of milk production. This stage requires prolactin. Oxytocin is critical for the milk let-down reflex in response to suckling...
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    potent agonist of the prolactin receptor and a weak agonist of the growth hormone receptor. hPL has been found to bind to the prolactin receptor with equal...
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    The hypothalamic–pituitary–prolactin axis (HPP axis), also known as the hypothalamic–pituitary–mammary axis or hypothalamic–pituitary–breast axis, is...
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    Prolactin-releasing peptide (PrRP) is a peptide hormone that in humans is encoded by the PRLH gene. PrRP stimulates prolactin (PRL) release and regulates...
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  • results in variations in behavior. These include estrogen, progesterone, prolactin, cortisol, and testosterone. While hormones are not necessary for the...
    50 KB (6,229 words) - 19:43, 14 March 2024
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    called cretinism. Prolactin (PRL) plays a role in breastfeeding, and inability to breastfeed may point at abnormally low prolactin levels. Antidiuretic...
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