Prolactin, a polypeptide hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, plays a vital role in regulating several key ...

On the other hand, more adverse effects of dopamine agonists have been ... hyperprolactinemia can have beyond the gonadal axis. Cooper said high prolactin levels can negatively affect bone and ...

Whether dopamine-agonist withdrawal is associated with re-expansion of the tumor in patients who experience incomplete prolactin suppression with use of these drugs is not known. As most tumors ...

We decided to stop therapy and monitor. Now, one year later, her prolactin remains normal. I would not have begun dopamine agonist initially but instead would have repeated prolactin and followed ...

Emphasis will be placed on newer diagnostic strategies and the role of various therapeutic options, including treatment with selective dopamine agonists, in various clinical settings. An excess of ...

Investigators detailed the results of imaging studies in which plasma levels of prolactin correlated with dopamine D2/3 receptor occupancy. "We used positron-emission tomography [PET] to quantify ...

The reason that women normally do not produce milk -- and men never do -- is that the release of prolactin is normally strongly inhibited by the signal substance dopamine. This is secreted by ...

Its action is as a hormone that is an inhibitor or prolactin release from the anterior lobe of the pituitary. Dopamine acts on receptors that are specific for it. Five subtypes of mammalian ...