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Stimulatory control of prolactin by dopamine
Journal article

Stimulatory control of prolactin by dopamine

Abstract

1. In addition to evidence that dopamine (DA) inhibits prolactin (PRL) via the tuberinfundibular system, there is also evidence for excitatory effects of DA via that system as well as evidence for regulation by DA sites lying behind the blood brain barrier. 2. Apomorphine (APO) was given to rats pretreated with either a peripheral (domperidone, DOM) or a central (haloperidol, HAL) DA blocker and prolactin responses examined. 3. Both DOM and HAL …

Authors

Brown GM; Seggie JA

Journal

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, Vol. 6, No. 4-6, pp. 355–358

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

January 1982

DOI

10.1016/s0278-5846(82)80106-1

ISSN

0278-5846