..., although the mechanisms underlying LYH are not completely understood, the role of prolactin, which plays an important part in maintaining immune system homoeostasis and is increased in the disease, is considered. The neuroendocrine and immune systems are linked through a regulatory loop that allows a bi...

... and pituitary–thyroid function and prolactin levels were unaffected by examination stress. 4. This study questions the popular belief that psychological stress stimulates prolactin secretion and suppresses pituitary–testicular function. 29 7 1986 7 9 1987 © 1970 The Biochemical Society...

...M. Bernardi; Rossana De Palma; F. Trevisani; R. Malatesta; M. Baraldini; Carmela Cursaro; G. Gasbarrini 1. The responses of plasma aldosterone and plasma prolactin concentrations to metoclopramide (10 mg intravenously) were evaluated over 2 h in eight healthy controls and in 23 patients...

...P. Coruzzi; C. Ravanetti; L. Musiari; A. Biggi; P. P. Vescovi; A. Novarini 1. This study was designed to evaluate variations in plasma β-endorphin, methionine-enkephalin, adrenocorticotropic hormone and serum prolactin in healthy volunteers during head-out water immersion. 2. Water immersion...

... of the renin–aldosterone system by water immersion alone was not significantly different from that obtained during water immersion plus dopamine blockade. 5. On the contrary, plasma prolactin levels, previously suppressed during water immersion alone, were significantly stimulated during water immersion plus...

... and 0.1 μg min −1 kg −1 for 120 min at each rate) on separate days in the early follicular phase of consecutive menstrual cycles. 2. Serum prolactin decreased during infusion of dopamine at 0.01 μg min −1 kg −1 but a similar fall was found in the control group. 3. When the rate of dopamine infusion...

... blood pressure or heart rate during exposure to noise. 3. Adrenaline, noradrenaline, prolactin, cortisol and growth hormone concentrations in venous plasma were not affected during noise stimulation. 11 5 1981 9 9 1981 © 1982 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society...

...F. Wessels; D. Hoffmann; H. Wagner; H. Zumkley 1. The influence of family history of hypertension on the relationships between blood pressure, relative body weight, sodium/creatinine ratio of the 24 h urine, plasma renin activity and the plasma concentration of prolactin and parathormone were...

...R. E. Kolloch; K. O. Stumpe; U. Ismer; O. Kletzky; V. Dequattro 1. Central dopaminergic pathways are possibly related to noradrenergic tone and may be important in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension. Basal plasma prolactin levels have been used as a marker of dopaminergic activity...

...I. E. Brajkovich; R. S. De Leon; K. Mashiter 1. Serum albumin, total protein, oncotic pressure and osmolality were measured in a group of patients with hyperprolactinaemia due to a prolactin secreting tumour, normal subjects and normoprolactinaemic acromegalic patients. 2. A significant increase...

...C. Barbieri; C. Ferrari; R. Caldara; G. Curtarelli 1. In an attempt to test the hypothesis of a derangement in central catecholaminergic function in hypertensive patients, the serum growth hormone and prolactin responses to the α-adrenergic agonist clonidine (0·15 mg infused intravenously) and to l...

...R. Düsing; J. R. Gill, Jr; F. C. Bartter 1. This study was done to examine the possibility that escape from the sodium retention produced by aldosterone may be associated with an inhibition of prolactin secretion. Plasma prolactin concentrations were determined in seven patients with adrenal...

...A. L. Riley; T. C. Hagen; J. E. Stefaniak 1. The effect of infusion of ovine prolactin was studied in anaesthetized dogs pretreated with bromocryptine to reduce the release of endogenous prolactin. 2. Prolactin, injected intravenously and also directly into one kidney, resulted in a 12–18% increase...