Possible influence of prolactin on intestinal hypertrophy in pregnant and lactating rats.
The increase in intestinal weights during lactation, and to a lesser extent during pregnancy, is inhibited by bromocriptin. This suggests that increased prolactin secretion might be responsible for gut hypertrophy during lactation.
D000818:Animals; D001971:Bromocriptine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007583:Jejunum / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D007774:Lactation; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D011247:Pregnancy; D011388:Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats
D001971:Bromocriptine; D011388:Prolactin