Prolactin secretion patterns: Basic mechanisms and clinical implications for reproduction

Reproduction

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 643-654

  Egli, Marcel ^a   Leeners, Brigitte ^b   Kruger, Tillmann H C ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DECIDUALIZATION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LUTEAL PHASE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; ORGASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PROLACTIN; RATS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 78149291810     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0033     Document Type: Review

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