The dopaminergic neurons in the tuberoinfundibular process modulate the secretion of prolactin from the anterior pituitary by secreting a prolactin inhibitory factor (thought to be dopamine); in ...

Hormonal analysis showed elevated prolactin levels (555 mU/L; reference value is 43-375 mU/L), low luteinizing hormone levels (0.6 U/L; reference value is 1.5-9.3 U/L), low follicle-stimulating ...

Whether dopamine-agonist withdrawal is associated with re-expansion of the tumor in patients who experience incomplete prolactin suppression with use of these drugs is not known. As most tumors ...

Prolactin is a hormone we often associate with women, as it plays a key role in milk production. However, it’s just as important for men’s health, influencing everything from fertility to ...

In this study, which appeared in Nature Metabolism, leading researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Pennington Biomedical Research Center uncovered a mechanism that connects prolactin, estrogen, ...

Elevated serum prolactin levels can be a symptom of either prolactin-secreting tumors (macroprolactinomas) or nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenomas that disrupt the dopaminergic inhibition of ...

Leaños-Miranda A and Cárdenas-Mondragón G (2006) Serum free prolactin concentrations in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus are associated with lupus activity. Rheumatology 45: 97–101 ...