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US
/pɹoʊˈɫæktən/
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[ UK /pɹˈɒlɐktˌɪn/ ]
[ UK /pɹˈɒlɐktˌɪn/ ]
NOUN
- gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition
How To Use prolactin In A Sentence
- The amenorrhea, galactorrhea and hyperprolactinemia syndromes. The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
- William Frey II, a biochemist at the St Paul-Ramsey Medical Center in Minneapolis, found that tears aren't just salt water; they contain leucine enkephalin, an endorphin that modulates pain, and hormones such as prolactin and adrenocorticotropic hormone, released at times of stress. Brooke Siler: Stress Relief: Why Crying Supports Emotional Wellness
- Thyroid stimulating hormone, testosterone, and prolactin concentrations need be checked only if cycles are irregular or absent, suggesting anovulation, galactorrhoea, or symptoms of thyroid disorder.
- As recently noted by Christian, news broke last week of a study claiming that orgasm is "400% better" with a partner than with masturbation, based on measures of the neurohormone prolactin. Mind Hacks: Sex 400% better with partner?
- Like estrogen, this ‘female hormone’ is also present in males; during sleep your prolactin levels rise sharply, and taking a supplement with vitex can help keep your natural testosterone levels up.
- A serum prolactin concentration of > 1000 IU / l is diagnostic and usually indicates a microadenoma.
- There, hormones called prolactin and oxytocin are released into the bloodstream.
- Symptoms of hyperprolactinaemia include amenorrhoea, galactorrhoea, infertility, loss of libido and erectile dysfunction.
- Stimuli are thought to pass along the intercostal nerves to the posterior column of the spinal cord, to the mesencephalon, and finally to the hypothalamus, where the secretion of prolactin inhibitory factor is reduced.
- What it does : Prolactin relieves sexual arousal after orgasm and takes your mind off sex.