Prolactin Response to a Submaximal Dose of Ghrelin in Different Phases of the Normal Menstrual Cycle
Christina I. Messini, George Anifandis, Panagiotis Georgoulias, Konstantinos Dafopoulos, George Sveronis, Alexandros Daponte, Ioannis E. Messinis · 2024
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Christina Messini and co-authors test, in twenty twenty-four, how a low dose of the hunger hormone ghrelin affects prolactin release across the menstrual cycle. Prior work with a high dose found similar prolactin and growth hormone patterns across cycle phases. This study used a submaximal dose to probe for subtler phase effects. Eight healthy women with normal cycles took part. Each was studied in the early follicular, late follicular, or mid-luteal phase. In one cycle they got saline; in the next, a ghrelin dose by vein.
Blood was drawn often over two hours after each dose. All women had ovulatory cycles, confirmed by progesterone. Estradiol levels differed by phase as expected. The paper tracks how prolactin and growth hormone responded to the low ghrelin dose in each phase.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Christina I. Messini, George Anifandis, Panagiotis Georgoulias, Konstantinos Dafopoulos, George Sveronis, Alexandros Daponte, Ioannis E. Messinis |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |