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