title: Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide stimulates prolactin release in vivo in the ring dove (Streptopelia risoria).
abstract: I.v. administration of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) to ring doves significantly elevated the plasma concentration of prolactin after 10 min in a dose-related manner. The plasma prolactin concentration of nonbreeding doves with low basal levels was increased by a similar amount as in brooding doves whose initially high concentration of plasma prolactin had been reduced by nest deprivation prior to treatment.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010856:Columbidae / Q000097:blood*; D007700:Kinetics; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D011388:Prolactin