[Somatostatin in the hypothalamic mechanism of control over prolactin and milk secretion]

The data obtained in lactating rats suggest existence of direct functional interrelationship between somatostatin and dopamine during the lactating period, both of them taking part in the control of prolactin synthesis and milk secretion. The findings permit to characterise somatostatin as one of the accessory mechanism of the hypothalamic control of prolactin synthesis and milk secretion.