prolactin
prolactin
Definition
pro·lac·tin (prō lak′tin)
prolactin
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- produce: Of all the pituitary endocrine cell types the cells which produce the hormone prolactin are the most highly plastic cell population.
- secrete: When present these are usually due to a small ( 2mm ) tumor that is secreting excess prolactin in the pituitary gland.
- circulate: Therefore, bromocriptine's ability to suppress both prolactin and circulating prolactin might lead to suppression of the immune system and autoimmune disease.
- call: Bromocriptine and cabergoline Bromocriptine ( eg Parlodel ) and cabergoline ( Dostinex ) reduce the output from the brain of a hormone called prolactin.
- suppress: A full clinical trial was conducted to establish whether suppressing prolactin would render testosterone more effective as a contraceptive in men.
Preposition: in
- syndrome: Griep EN, et.al. , Pituitary release of growth hormone and prolactin in the primary fibromyalgia syndrome.
Adjective modifier
- elevated: It would make it sensible to check for elevated prolactin in patients with known or suspected Ménière's disease.
- much: Too much prolactin can cause malfunction of the reproductive organs.
Modifies a noun
- secretion: Domperidone increases prolactin secretion indirectly, by interfering with the action of dopamine.
- level: Five patients are all reported to have very high prolactin levels.
- cell: We use these mice to address several important unresolved questions about the growth hormone and prolactin cell lineage.
- concentration: Lactation - unusual or prolonged lactation can occur in response to high prolactin concentrations in the blood, stimulated by excess thyrotropin-releasing hormone.
- production: This project will utilize modern cell and molecular techniques to establish the consequences of prolactin production by certain cell types in the womb lining.
- receptor: Effect of maternal dexamethasone treatment and ambient temperature on prolactin receptor abundance in brown adipose and hepatic tissue in the fetus and newborn lamb.
Noun used with modifier
- hormone: Of all the pituitary endocrine cell types the cells which produce the hormone prolactin are the most highly plastic cell population.
- plasma: The baseline mean plasma prolactin level was nearly doubled in the drug responders, suggesting reduced brain dopamine activity.
- serum: Maximum peak concentrations are obtained within 1 to 1.5 hours; serum prolactin decreases within 2 hours and is maximally decreased at 8 hours.
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