Department of Physiology, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London W1P 6DB, and *Institut für Physiologie, Technische Universität München-Weihenstephan, West Germany
(Received 6 August 1974)
The release of both prolactin and oxytocin during lactation and machine milking in the cow is well established. Benson & Folley (1956) first suggested that oxytocin might initiate the release of prolactin. Bryant & Greenwood (1968), using a specific immunoassay for prolactin, were able to demonstrate this relationship. However, subsequent workers (Koprowski & Tucker, 1971; Schams, 1972) using exogenous oxytocin were unable to confirm these observations.
Experiments involving the use of exogenous oxytocin are inconclusive as it may not be possible to produce appropriate concentrations of oxytocin in the portal vessels to the hypophysis. Observations, therefore, were made on plasma samples taken frequently during milking and teat stimulation to elucidate the relationship between oxytocin and prolactin release. Release of the second neurohypophysial hormone, arginine-vasopressin (AVP), was also
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