VASOPRESSIN AND MILK SECRETION: LACK OF EFFECT OF LOW DOSES

in Journal of Endocrinology
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M. PEAKER
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J. L. LINZELL
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SUMMARY

The infusion of vasopressin in amounts thought to be released during water deprivation had no effect on the rate of milk secretion or on milk composition. These results do not support the conclusions of Konar & Thomas (1970) that vasopressin at physiological levels affects the rate of milk secretion, since the doses they used were very much higher and probably outside the physiological range. The implications of these findings and their possible adaptive significance are discussed.

 

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