Prolactin is a polypeptide hormone associated with an extensive variety of biological
functions. Among the roles of prolactin in vertebrates, some were preserved throughout …

Prolactin is a polypeptide hormone associated with an extensive variety of biological
functions. Among the roles of prolactin in vertebrates, some were preserved throughout …

Introduction Prolactin is a peptide hormone mainly synthetized and secreted by the anterior
pituitary gland, but also by extrapituitary tissues, such as mammary gland, decidua, prostate …

The prolactin receptor (Prlr) is widely expressed in the brain, particularly in the
hypothalamus. Prolactin also has an increasing range of well‐characterised effects on …

Prolactin (PRL) is a pituitary hormone that has been typically related to lactogenesis in
mammals. However, it has been described over 300 roles in the organism of vertebrae and …

Publisher Summary This chapter reveals that prolactin (PRL) is a multifunctional hormone
that defies easy classification. PRL exists in all vertebrates from reptiles to man, and fulfills …

Although prolactin (PRL) actions and expression in the brain have been shown, dynamic
changes in its intracerebral release and gene expression have still not been demonstrated …

Accumulating evidence in rodents suggests that a prolactin locally synthesized and released
within the brain can act together with that taken up from the circulation to modulate …

Prolactin (PRL) is an adenohypophyseal hormone which expression in the brain is a long-
standing question. This adenohypophyseal hormone is a protein with multiple actions in the …

The anterior pituitary hormone prolactin exerts important physiologic actions in the brain.
However, the mechanism by which prolactin crosses the blood‐brain barrier and enters the …