Preliminary evidence that a dopamine receptor antagonist blocks the prolactin-inhibitory effects of melatonin in anosmic male rats
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 36 (8) , 1008-1009
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01953852
Abstract
Previous studies have shown that daily afternoon injections of melatonin in anosmic male rats result in depressed accessory sex organ weights and serum prolactin levels. The present data indicate that the prolactin-inhibitory effect of melatonin may be mediated via the dopaminergic system.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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