Prolactin
Physiology, Pharmacology and Clinical Findings
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In the develo** human prolactin was first detected by Aubert and colleagues in the pituitary and serum of fetuses about 80 days old. With increasing gestational age, pituitary prolactin content increased wit...
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Prolactin from the sheep had already been prepared in a highly purified form in the late 1930’s but it was only in 1970/1972 that human prolactin (hPRL) was isolated and differentiated from human growth hormon...
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Conditioning of breast tissue for milk production has as a background a complicated hormonal interplay synchronized with the progress of pregnancy and gradual takeover by the placenta. The biologic effect of t...
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Conventional staining of the anterior pituitary with hematoxylin-eosin reveals only three cell types which differ in color of their granules, i.e., the acidophilic, the basophilic and the chromophobe cell. How...