Prolactin
Another name for growth hormone is somatotropin.
Lactogenic means generating or producing milk.
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].
Endrocrine secretion
Prolactin is the hormone responsible for stimulating and maintaining milk production after childbirth. It is produced by the pituitary gland located in the brain in response to the baby suckling at the breast.
Prolactin or lactogenic Hormone (PRL) promotes glandular tissue during pregnancy and produces milk after the birth of an infant
triiodothyronine (T3)
vasopressin
Interstitial cell-stimulating hormone (ICSH) is also known as luteinizing hormone (LH).
Another name for growth hormone 1 is somatotropin.
an antagonistic hormone
"Trophic" describes any hormone that controls the secretion of another hormone