Prolactin, or Luteotropic hormone is a hormone which regulates lactation. Too much prolactin causes fertility problems with both men and women and can use menstrual regulation problems in women. Prolactin inhibitors are used to treat medical problems which occur when too much prolactin is produced by the pituitary gland.
Recommended Resources
Comparative Effects of a Series of Prolactin Inhibitors
Delves into the effects of the prolactin inhibitor series mentioned in the title, when combined with 17Beta-Estradiol and methyldihydrotesteosterone propionate on the growth of rat mammary carcinomas.
http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/37/11/3932.abstract
Dopamine as a Prolactin (PRL) Inhibitor
Outlines the characteristics of dopaminergic neurons, synthesis and metabolism. transporters and receptors, and the relationship of dopamine and the pituitary lactotrophs.
http://edrv.endojournals.org/content/22/6/724.full
Future Potential for the Translation of Prolactin Inhibitors as Breast Cancer Therapeutics
Describes a study of prolactin inhibitors and their relationship to breast cancers and how they might be used to prevent or treat such cancer.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/0071x16430g75575/
