Introduction The main role of prolactin is associated mainly with lactogenesis but additionally it participates in several endocrinological and metabolic processes. level may be increased some antipsychotics such as risperidone, paliperidone, amisulpride increasing the risk Bone Mineral Mass (BMM) decrease leading to osteopenia osteoporosis. Objectives To determine loss BMM antipsychotic-relate...

OBJECTIVE The population subgroups with the highest proportion of overweight and obese women often are characterized by the lowest rates of initiation and shortest durations of breastfeeding. We previously documented that these 2 population-level trends may be related. In a population of white women who lived in a rural area, we observed that prepregnant overweight and obesity were associated w...

Background: Metabolic profiles have been used in efforts to predict pre parturient problems and fertility, to diagnose metabolic diseases, and to assess nutritional status in dairy cows. These profiles may help to confirm the diagnosis of sub clinical diseases, to be aware of possible causes of infertility in the herds, or to monitor improvement in herd animals. OBJECTIVES: This study investiga...

Whole mammary glands from immature virgin female BALB/c mice, primed in vivo with estradiol-17g and progesterone, were incubated in a serum-free medium, containing combinations of different hormones. The initial incubation for 6 days (Step I) in medium with the mammogenic hormones (insulin, prolactin, estradiol, progesterone, and growth hormone) stimulated the development of pregnancy-like lobu...

Maternal obesity is associated with significantly lower rates of breastfeeding initiation, duration and exclusivity. Increasing rates of obesity among reproductive-age women has prompted the need to carefully examine factors contributing to lower breastfeeding rates in this population. Recent research has demonstrated a significant impact of breastfeeding to reduce the risk of obesity in both m...

25 November 1961 Eighty-fifth (Special General) Meeting PAGE Cameron, C. B. Oestrogen conjugates in the hepatic venous blood of the calf . . i Short, R. V. Further observations on defective synthesis of ovarian steroids in the SteinLevanthal syndrome ............ ii James, V. H. T. and Peart, W. S. Urinary steroid excretion in idiopathic hirsutism . ii Bush, I. E., Meigs, R. A. and Hunter, Shei...

At face value there are clear and established roles for prolactin (PRL) in the regulation of mammary gland growth, lactogenesis, and galactopoiesis. These actions of PRL do not occur in isolation; rather, they are finely attuned to and coordinated with many local, reproductive, and metabolic events in the female. Hence, to understand PRL action at the level of the mammary gland is to understand...

OBJECTIVE Glucose is an essential fuel in the energy metabolism and synthesis pathways of all mammalian cells. In lactating animals, glucose is the major precursor for lactose and is a substrate for the synthesis of milk proteins and fat in mammary secretory (alveolar) epithelial cells. However, clear utilization of glucose in mammary cells during lactogenesis is still unknown, due to the lack ...