Effects of systemic and central prolactin injections on food intake, weight gain, and estrous cyclicity in female rats

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

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Medicine, Endocrinology, Physiology +17

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

Raymond J. Walsh, Frank Slaby, Barry I. Posner · Endocrinology · 1987 · 252 citations

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Inhibition of Gonadotropin Secretion During Lactation in the Rat: Relative Contribution of Suckling and Ovarian Steroids1

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Maternal pheromone

Michael Leon · Physiology & Behavior · 1974 · 157 citations

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

Richard E. Harlan, Brenda D. Shivers, Donald W. Pfaff · Science · 1983 · 130 citations

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17