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Current status of the rat prolactin releasing factor
S H Shin1, S Papas, M C Obonsawin
1Department of Physiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont., Canada.
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
The release of prolactin is governed by both inhibiting and releasing factors. Basal plasma concentration of prolactin is controlled mainly through inhibition by a prolactin release-inhibiting factor (PIF), while acute stimulation of prolactin release is believed to be caused by a prolactin-releasing factor (PRF). It is the general consensus that PIF is dopamine. The PRF plays an important role in stimulation of prolactin release, and there are promising putative PRFs.