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Prolactin
About: Prolactin is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 22356 publications have been published within this topic receiving 609537 citations. The topic is also known as: lactotropin, & PRL,.
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TL;DR: While estrogen may act indirectly via the catechol estrogens and prolactin, it has been demonstrated that estrogen can act directly on the striatum, and these findings are related to the effects of estrogen on human extrapyramidal disorders.
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TL;DR: The regulatory mechanisms involved in prolactin secretion, the physiologic role of prolact in various pathologic states, and the etiology of hyperprolactinemia are discussed.
232 citations
TL;DR: Analysis of the deduced primary structure and additional biochemical characterization indicates that the protein is lactotransferrin, and the estrogenic stimulation in mouse uterus contrasts with the known prolactin dependence in mammary gland.
231 citations
TL;DR: The lack of prolactin elevation reported with the atypical antipsychotics is believed to be due to their much greater specificity, which results in less blockade of dopamine receptors in the tubero-infundibular pathway.
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TL;DR: A hypothalamus-pituitary-gonads pathway, in which d-Asp is involved, has been formulated and a summary of previous and current research done on the role of d- aspartic acid in the nervous and endocrine systems of invertebrates and vertebrates, including mammals is summary.
230 citations