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Centre for Neuroendocrinology and Department of Anatomy, Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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Introduction When Geoffrey Harris wrote his influential monograph on ‘Neural Control of the Pituitary Gland’, it was already apparent that prolactin, or ‘lactogenic hormone’ as he referred to it, might be controlled differently to the other
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Introduction Serum prolactin levels are low during the first 2 weeks of life, in both female and male rats, and then gradually increases until puberty. The progressive maturation of the neuroendocrine network involving both prolactin
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Introduction During the first 2 weeks of life, serum prolactin levels are low in both male and female rats. Then prolactin levels gradually increase until puberty due in part to the progressive maturation of the neuroendocrine network
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Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Department of Endocrinology, Southern University of Science and Technology Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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is continually challenged by weight gain and increasing insulin resistance ( Xue et al. 2010 ). Hormones play a crucial role in this process, especially prolactin. Increased β-cell proliferation coincides with the increase in prolactin (PRL) and
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Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
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( Kaneko et al. 2008 , Konno et al. 2010 ). Decades of comparative study have revealed that a conserved function for prolactin (Prl) across vertebrates is the regulation of ion and water transport ( Bole-Feysot et al. 1998 ). In teleosts, Prl
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Introduction Prolactin (PRL) is a peptide hormone that is mainly synthesized and secreted from the anterior pituitary lactotrophs ( Freeman et al. 2000 , Cabrera-Reyes et al. 2017 ). With except the classical functions of PRL promoting
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receptors can bind PACAP and VIP with similar affinity ( Vaudry et al . 2009 ). In mammals, VIP is well-documented as a stimulator for prolactin (PRL) release ( Christian et al . 2007 ) but the functional role of PACAP in PRL regulation is controversial
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maternal prolactin (PRL) with the dopamine agonist bromo-α-ergocryptine (Bro). This method programs for obesity, hyperleptinemia, leptin resistance ( Bonomo et al . 2007 ), and hypothyroidism ( Bonomo et al . 2008 ), and symptoms (including insulin
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Hospital General de Agudos J. M. Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Turku Center for Disease Modeling, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
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linked to insulin resistance, since insulin promotes fat cell differentiation, enhances adipocyte glucose uptake, and inhibits adipocyte lipolysis. Although the role of prolactin in reproduction is well known, the participation of this hormone in weight
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treatment of prolactinomas are to normalize prolactin levels in order to restore fertility and sexual function, to reduce the tumour mass to potentially relieve the visual defects and headaches and to preserve the residual pituitary function ( Liu