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prolactin

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prolactin [prō ′lak·tən]
(biochemistry)
A protein hormone produced by the adenohypophysis; stimulates lactation and promotes functional activity of the corpus luteum. Also known as lactogenic hormone; luteotropic hormone; mammary-stimulating hormone; mammogen; mammogenic hormone; mammotropin.


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That pattern of melatonin secretion increases blood concentrations of the hormones prolactin and insulin growth like factor-1 (IGF-1).
All four metals influenced the dopaminergic markers serum prolactin and urinary homovanillic acid, with complex interactions brought to light.
The authors note that stimulation of this receptor enhances the release of the hormone prolactin, and, in their test, prolactin concentrations rose in people getting itopride but not the placebo recipients.
 
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