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 ...

When prolactin levels are abnormally high, it is due to conditions that either decrease the production of dopamine ... affect the function of the HPA axis. The most common cause of ...

Dopamine is the main neuroendocrine inhibitor of the secretion of prolactin from the anterior pituitary gland. Dopamine produced by neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus is released ...

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 ...

If you find out you have high prolactin levels or prolactinoma tumors, talk to your doctor right away about treatments. You can also ask about removing or reducing tumors. Dopamine agonists such ...

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 ...