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Prolactin stimulates mammary gland growth and development in mammals and regulates salt and water balance in freshwater fish Many scientists believe that this wide range of functions indicates that?
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It's varied roles suggest that it is an ancient hormone with functions that have diversified during the evolution of vertebrate groups.
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What hormone stimulates the development of the mammary gland?
virile sputum
Which hormone stimulates the secretion of milk?
prolactin
What effect does prolactin have on a pregnant woman?
The effect that prolactin has on a pregnant woman is that it stimulates the mammary glands to produce milk.
What anterior pituitary hormones stimulates milk production?
The hormone prolactin will cause milk production.
The hormone prolactin stimulates which of the following?
milk production
What hormone stimulates milk production?
Prolactin contributes to the increased growth and differentiation of the alveoli (milk producing tissues) and also influences differentiation of ductal structures. High levels of prolactin during pregnancy and breastfeeding also increase insulin resistance, increase growth factor levels (IGF-1) and modify lipid metabolism in preparation for breastfeeding.During lactation, prolactin is the main factor maintaining tight junctions of the ductal epithelium and regulating milk production through osmotic balance.
What is the effect of prolactin at the target site?
It works on mammary gland.It stimulates the production of milk.
What is tuberalin?
A factor that activates gene expression in pituitary lactotrophs and stimulates the secretion of prolactin
What is hormone prolacatin?
Hormone prolactin is produced by Interior pituitary.It stimulates production of milk.
What hormone stimulates and maintains milk production after childbirth?
Oxytocin is the lactogenic hormone that stimulates and maintains the secretion of breast milk after childbirth.
What stimulates the production of milk in the breast tissue of a mother?
The hormone prolactin stimulates breast milk production. Prolactin is released from the anterior pituitary gland and the production of prolactin is stimulated by dopamine, oxytocin and thyroid releasing hormone.
Ovaries produce which hormone inhibin or prolactin?
hormone that stimulates milk production and the secretion of progesterone in mammals; hormone which stimulates secretion from the crop gland in birds. prolactin gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition [syn: lactogenic hormone, luteotropin].
