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Prolactin - Production of milk | | Prolactin - Production of milk: Encyclopedia II - Prolactin - Production of milk | | Prolactin has many effects, the most significant of which is to stimulate the mammary glands to produce milk (lactation).
Increased serum prolactin during pregnancy causes enlargement of the mammary glands of the breasts and increases the production of milk. However, the high levels of estrogen and progesterone during pregnancy acts directly on the breasts to stop ejection of milk. It is only when the levels of these hormones fall a ...
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| | | Prolactin: Encyclopedia II - Prolactin - Production of milk
Prolactin - Production of milk
Prolactin has many effects, the most significant of which is to stimulate the mammary glands to produce milk (lactation).
Increased serum prolactin during pregnancy causes enlargement of the mammary glands of the breasts and increases the production of milk. However, the high levels of estrogen and progesterone during pregnancy acts directly on the breasts to stop ejection of milk. It is only when the levels of these hormones fall after child birth that milk ejection is possible.
Sometimes, newborn babies (males as well as females) secrete a milky substance from their nipples. This substance is called Witch's milk. This is caused by the fetus' being affected by prolactin circulating in the mother just before birth, and usually stops soon after birth.
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