The prolactin-secreting system in relation to aging.
It is known that an increase in serum PRL can be responsible in men of impotence. The frequent sexual disturbances that are present in aging have suggested that in this age the PRL levels may be increased. Some authors have found elevated levels of PRL and an alteration in PRL response to pharmacological stimuli in elderly subjects. Other authors suggest that this increase of serum PRL in aging may be develop for determinating prostatic disease. In the present study we not have found differences in serum PRL between adult men, elderly subjects and prostatic subjects, while the responses to pharmacological stimuli observed in prostatic patients was higher than that of old age subjects. This finding is suggestive of an alteration in PRL-secreting system operating in aging.
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Mongioi
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D'Agata
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000097:blood*; D012016:Reference Values; D013469:Sulpiride
D013469:Sulpiride; D011388:Prolactin