Prolactin-Brain Interactions and Reproductive Function

Brain Peptides: What, Where, And Why?

1983 • 470 citations

The Comparative Endocrinology of Prolactin

1968 • 376 citations

Central prolactin infusions stimulate maternal behavior in steroid-treated, nulliparous female rats.

1990 • 343 citations

Prolactin Stimulation of Maternal Behavior in Female Rats

1985 • 288 citations

A Receptor-Mediated Mechanism for the Transport of Prolactin from Blood to Cerebrospinal Fluid*

1987 • 247 citations

Prolactin-Like Immunoreactivity: Localization in Nerve Terminals of Rat Hypothalamus

1977 • 192 citations

Prolactin

1973 • 187 citations

PROLACTIN INDUCES BROODINESS IN FOWL

1935 • 178 citations

Prolactin: Is it an essential hormone for maternal behavior in the mammal?

1971 • 178 citations

Relationships between prolactin, LH and broody behaviour in bantam hens

1988 • 148 citations

Prolactin Binding Sites in the Rat Brain

1978 • 138 citations

Hormonal control of reproductive behavior in some Cichlid fish

1965 • 135 citations

Midbrain Microinfusions of Prolactin Increase the Estrogen-Dependent Behavior, Lordosis

1983 • 131 citations

Intracranial Prolactin Perfusion Induces Incubation Behavior in Turkey Hens1

1991 • 128 citations

Hormonal Induction of Incubation Behavior in Ovariectomized Female Turkeys (Meleagris Gallopavo)1

1986 • 125 citations

Comparative Endocrinology of Prolactin

1980 • 124 citations

Prolactin in human and rat serum and cerebrospinal fluid

1977 • 120 citations

Prolactin and the control of gonadotrophin secretion in the female

1980 • 119 citations

Immunohistochemical demonstration of marked changes in the LHRH system of photosensitive and photorefractory European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

1987 • 114 citations

CONCENTRATIONS OF PROLACTIN AND LUTEINIZING HORMONE IN PLASMA OF DOVES IN RELATION TO INCUBATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CROP GLAND

1981 • 112 citations

Effect of prolactin and estradiol on rat striatal dopamine receptors

1982 • 105 citations

Hyperprolactinemia Decreases the Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Concentration in Pituitary Portal Plasma: A Possible Role forβ-Endorphin as a Mediator*

1985 • 103 citations

Facilitation of parental behavior in ring doves by systemic or intracranial injections of prolactin

1991 • 101 citations

Hyperprolactinemia stimulates food intake in the female rat

1986 • 93 citations

WATER DRIVE STUDIES ON HYPOPHYSECTOMIZED EFTS OF DIEMYCTYLUS VIRIDESCENS. PART I. THE ROLE OF THE LACTOGENIC HORMONE

1958 • 92 citations

Prolactin in CSF selectively increases dopamine turnover in the median eminence

1978 • 91 citations

Effects of local brain implants of progesterone on reproductive behavior in ring doves.

1967 • 90 citations

Enhancement of maternal behavior and nest building following systemic and diencephalic administration of prolactin and progesterone in the mouse.

1973 • 81 citations

Hyperprolactinemia Suppresses Copulatory Behavior in Male Rats and Mice

1979 • 79 citations

Effects of intracranial prolactin administration on maintenance of incubation readiness, ingestive behavior, and gonadal condition in ring doves

1985 • 79 citations

PROLACTIN mRNA EXISTS IN RAT HYPOTHALAMUS

1984 • 77 citations

Prolactin-Induced Activation of Tuberoinfundibular Dopaminergic Neurons: Evidence for Both a Rapid ‘Tonic’ and a Delayed ‘Induction’ Component

1984 • 77 citations

Distribution and Characterization of Prolactin Binding Sites in the Male and Female Rat Brain: Effects of Hypophysectomy and Ovariectomy

1991 • 74 citations

Evidence for Prolactin Feedback Actions on Hypothalamic Oxytocin, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide and Dopamine Secretion

1989 • 68 citations

Prolactin induces grooming in the rat: Possible involvement of nigrostriatal dopaminergic system

1981 • 64 citations

Factors affecting prolactin secretion during the breeding cycle of the ring dove (Streptopelia risoria) and its possible role in incubation

1986 • 64 citations

CELLULAR LOCALIZATION OF A PROLACTIN-LIKE ANTIGEN IN THE RAT BRAIN

1979 • 64 citations

Growth and Lactogenic Hormone Stimulation of Ornithine Decarboxylase in Neonatal Rat Brain*

1974 • 63 citations

Single Cell Levels of Hypothalamic Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Encoding Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone in Intact, Castrated, and Hyperprolactinemic Male Rats*

1991 • 62 citations

Prolactin and growth hormone stimulate food intake in ring doves

1988 • 61 citations

Failure of Mammalian Prolactin to Induce Incubation Behavior in Chickens and Turkeys

1980 • 61 citations

The distribution of lactogen receptors in the mammalian hypothalamus: an in vitro autoradiographic analysis of the rabbit and rat

1990 • 60 citations

Behavioural and physiological effects of prolactin in incubating ring doves

1985 • 57 citations

Effect of prolactin on established incubation behavior in the ring dove.

1964 • 56 citations

Immunocytochemical identification of an LHRH-producing system originating in the preoptic nucleus of the duck

1978 • 52 citations

Short-term endogenous hyperprolactinaemia and sexual behavior of male rats

1981 • 51 citations

Reductions in plasma LH concentration and testicular weight in ring doves following intracranial injection of prolactin or growth hormone

1988 • 50 citations

Characterization of lactogen binding sites in choroid plexus

1983 • 50 citations

Role of prolactin in regulating gonadotropin secretion and gonad function in female rats.

1980 • 49 citations

Immunocytochemical demonstration of growth hormone, prolactin and somatostatin-like immunoreactivities in the brain of larval, young adult and upstream migrant adult sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus

1986 • 49 citations

Characteristics of prolactin binding sites in the brain of the ring dove (Streptopelia risoria)

1987 • 49 citations

INHIBITION OF LORDOSIS BEHAVIOR IN THE FEMALE RAT BY INTRAVENTRICULAR INFUSION OF PROLACTIN AND BY CHRONIC HYPERPROLACTINEMIA1

1982 • 49 citations

Prolactin and sexual behaviour in the crested newt (Triturus cristatus carnifex Laur.)

1982 • 48 citations

EFFECTS OF OVARIAN STEROIDS AND PROLACTIN ON THE SEQUENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF NESTING BEHAVIOUR IN FEMALE BUDGERIGARS

1975 • 45 citations

Food intake control in birds

1985 • 45 citations

Localization of prolactin binding sites in ring dove brain by quantitative autoradiography

1989 • 45 citations

Similarities and Differences Among Prolactins and Growth Hormones and Their Receptors

1986 • 45 citations

Prolactin responsive neurons in the rabbit hypothalamus

1971 • 44 citations

The physiological basis.

2006 • 43 citations

A Subset of Neurons Containing Immunoreactive Prolactin Is a Target for Estrogen Regulation of Gene Expression in Rat Hypothalamus

1989 • 41 citations

Action of Prolactin, Dopamine and LHRH on Ventromedial Hypothalamic Neurons as a Function of Ovarian Hormones

1983 • 39 citations

LH-RH and Dopamine Levels in Hypophysial Stalk Plasma and Their Relationship to Plasma Gonadotrophins and Prolactin Levels in Male Rats Bearing a Prolactin- and Adrenocorticotrophin-Secreting Pituitary Tumor

1983 • 39 citations

Autoradiographic Identification of Prolactin Binding Sites in Rat Median Eminence

1989 • 38 citations

Comparative localization of prolactin-binding sites in different rat tissues by immunohistochemistry, radio autography and radioreceptor assay

1980 • 37 citations

Differential effects of bromocriptine treatment on LH release and copulatory behavior in hyperprolactinemic male rats

1981 • 36 citations

Prolactin-enhanced grooming behavior: Interaction with ACTH

1983 • 36 citations

Binding and Uptake of [¹²⁵I]Iodoprolactin by Epithelial Cells of the Rat Choroid Plexus: Anin VivoAutoradiographic Analysis*

1984 • 35 citations

Comparative effects of mammalian prolactin and growth hormone on growth in the toads Bufo boreas and Bufo marinus

1969 • 35 citations

A Prolactin Action on Acetylcholine Metabolism in Striatum, Hippocampus, and Thalamus

1980 • 34 citations

Regional distribution and species variation of prolactin binding sites in the brain

1988 • 33 citations

Radioautographic identification of lactogen binding sites in rat median eminence using 125I-human growth hormone: Evidence for a prolactin “short-loop” feedback site

1980 • 33 citations

Effects of exogenous prolactin on parental behaviour in free-living female willow ptarmigan Lagopus l. lagopus

1989 • 33 citations

Temporal Synergism of Corticosterone and Prolactin in Regulating Orientation in the Migratory White-Throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)

1973 • 30 citations

ENDOCRINE IDENTIFICATION OF THE BROODY GENOTYPE OF COCKS

1945 • 30 citations

Extrahypothalamic brain prolactin: characterization and evidence for independence from pituitary prolactin

1987 • 30 citations

Neuroendocrine studies in hyperprolactinaemic male mice

1987 • 29 citations

Immunoreactive Prolactin in the Hypothalamus and Cerebrospinal Fluid of Male and Female Rats

1989 • 24 citations

Probable Extrapituitary Source of the Immunoreactive Prolactin Measured in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Unanesthetized Rats by Push-Pull Cannulation of the 3rd Ventricle

1986 • 23 citations

Growth hormone-binding sites in chicken hypothalamus

1990 • 22 citations

Prolactin and substrate stimulation of locomotor activity in adult tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum)

1977 • 22 citations

Autofeedback Effects of Prolactin on Basal, Suckling-Induced, and Proestrous Secretion of Prolactin

1984 • 22 citations

In vivo autoradiographic analysis of prolactin binding in brain and choroid plexus of the domestic ring dove

1988 • 21 citations

Neurogenesis in frogs after early larval treatment with somatotropin or prolactin

1971 • 21 citations

Prolactin in cerebrospinal fluid increases the synthesis and release of hypothalamic γ-aminobutyric acid

1985 • 20 citations

Interactions of Photoperiod and Ectopic Pituitary Grafts on Hypothalamic and Pituitary Function in Male Hamsters

1985 • 20 citations

Prolactin binding sites in the brain and kidneys of the toad,Bufo arenarum Hensel

1985 • 18 citations

Changes in prolactin binding sites in the rabbit hypothalamus induced by physiological and pharmacological variations of prolactin serum levels

1981 • 18 citations

Prolactinergic neurons in a protochordate

1983 • 16 citations

The Influence of Prolactin on Food Intake of Turkey Hens

1986 • 15 citations

Presence of Prolactin-Like Immunoreactivity and Bioactivity in Rat Spinal Cord

1989 • 15 citations

Properties of hepatic binding sites for prolactin in ring doves (Streptopelia risoria)

1984 • 15 citations

Biochemical study of prolactin binding sites in Xenopus laevis brain and choroid plexus

1990 • 14 citations

Characterization of the inhibitory effects of hyperprolactinaemia on the mechanism controlling LH secretion in chronically ovariectomized rats

1983 • 13 citations

Changes in Feeding Activity, Plasma Luteinizing Hormone, and Testes Weight in Ring Doves Following Hypothalamic Injections of Prolactin

1990 • 13 citations

Prolactin: An Evaluation of Its Use in Ring-Necked Pheasant Propagation

1956 • 12 citations

Influence of prolactin on neural and glial cellular adenosine triphosphatases in immature male bonnet monkeys (Macaca radiata, Geoffroy).

1989 • 4 citations

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1955 • 0 citations