prolactin

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.