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prolactin cell (also
known as a
lactotropic cell,
epsilon acidophil,
lactotrope, lactotroph, mammatroph, mammotroph) is a cell in the
anterior pituitary...
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stimulated by Gonadotropin-releasing
Hormone (GnRH), and also by
Activin Lactotropes:
Prolactin (PRL),
whose release is
inconsistently stimulated by hypothalamic...
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pituitary cells Gonadotropes Anterior/Intermediate
pituitary cells Lactotropes Anterior/Intermediate
pituitary cells Melanotropes Anterior/Intermediate...
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compresses the
pituitary stalk, a
decreased blood supply means that the
lactotrope cells,
which produce prolactin, are not
receiving dopamine and therefore...
- and they are
defined by the
hormones they secrete:
somatotropes (GH);
lactotropes (PRL);
gonadotropes (LH and FSH);
corticotropes (ACTH) and thyrotropes...
- (inhibitor)
Pituitary cells Thyrotrope Corticotrope Gonadotrope Somatotrope Lactotrope Pituitary hormone TSHTooltip Thyroid-stimulating
hormone ACTHTooltip Adrenocorticotropic...
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release of thyroid-stimulating
hormone from
thyrotropes and
prolactin from
lactotropes. The half-life of TRH in the
blood is
approximately 6 minutes. TRH is...
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adenohypophyseal hormones, the most
frequently affected are corticotropes,
lactotropes and gonadotropes, all
which are
found in the
anterior pituitary. Polyuria...
- (1999-04-01). "Thyroid
Hormone Is
Essential for
Pituitary Somatotropes and
Lactotropes*". Endocrinology. 140 (4): 1884–1892. doi:10.1210/endo.140.4.6627. ISSN 0013-7227...
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leads to
ontogenesis of
pituitary gonadotropes, as well as somatotropes,
lactotropes, and
caudomedial thyrotropes.
Inactivating mutations in PROP1 result...
