Dopamine in hypophysial portal blood: relationship to circulating prolactin in pregnant and lactating rats.
Dopamine in hypophysial portal blood: relationship to circulating prolactin in pregnant and lactating rats.
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垂体门静脉血中的多巴胺:与妊娠和哺乳大鼠循环催乳素的关系。
作者:
N. Ben;Mary Ann Neill;L. Arbogast;L. Peters;M. T. Hoefer
The relationship between dopamine (DA) concentration in hypophysial portal blood and that of PRL in systemic blood during gestation and lactation was investigated. PRL level in plasma collected by decapitation was low during the 18–21 days of gestation, increased on day 22, and remained elevated throughout the first 10 days of lactation. Separation of mothers from pups for 24 h resulted in a marked reduction in plasma PRL concentration. DA, but not norepinephrine or epinephrine, was higher in portal than in arterial plasma in all rats. DA in portal plasma of 18- to 21-day pregnant rats [4.9 ± 0.7 ng/ ml, (mean ± SEM)] was significantly higher than that in portal plasma from 1- to 5- and 6- to 10-day lactating rats (2.9 ± 0.3 and 2.7 ± 0.4 ng/ml, respectively). Separation of mothers from pups for 24 h resulted in a significant elevation of portal plasma dopamine compared with separation for 30 min. No differences were found in hypothalamic, anterior, or posterior pituitary catecholamine concentrations as a...