Description: I Physiological Regulation of Lactation.- 1. Mechanism of Lactation.- 2. Hypothalamus-Pituitary Axis.- 3. Prolactin.- 4. Growth Hormone.- 5. Gonadotropins and Sex Steroids.- 6. Adrenocorticotropin and Corticosteroids.- 7. Thyrotropin and Thyroid Hormones.- 8. Oxytocin and Vasopressin.- 9. Parathormone and Calcitonin.- 10. Insulin and Glucagon.- 11. Pineal Gland.- 12. Placental and Amniotic Fluid.- II Pharmacological Regulation of Lactation.- 13. Hypothalamic Lactation Produced by Psychopharmaca.- 14. Mammotropic Effect of Phenothiazine Derivatives.- 15. Mammotropic Effect of Phenothiazine-like Compounds.- 16. Mammotropic Effect of Reserpine Derivatives.- 17. Mammotropic Effect of Butyrophenones.- 18. Mammotropic Effect of Miscellaneous Psychotropic Drugs.- 19. Structure-Activity Relationship of Mammotropic Drugs and Receptor Theory.- 20. Pituitary-Ovary Axis in Hypothalamic Lactation.- 21. Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Hypothalamic Lactation.- 22. Pituitary-Thyroid Axis in Hypothalamic Lactation.- 23. Prolactin Release by Hypothalamus of Nursing Rat Mothers.- 24. Prolactin as Luteotropic Hormone.- III Prolactin Assay.- 25. In vitro Methods.- 26. In vivo Methods.- 27. Radioimmunoassay.- IV Problems of Lactation.- 28. Lactation in Humans.- 29. Conclusions.- 30. Research Problems.- References.

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