[The role of vacuum and tactile stimuli during milk ejection from the human breast].
Milk ejection in lactating women was performed by breast pump with vacuum and tactile (touch-compression) components. It was found that milk flow rate changed in a pulsatile manner at about 1-2 min interval and peaks milk flow coincided with peaks intramammary. Switch off the tactile component increased the latency of milk ejection 1.5-2 fold and decreased total flow rate 2 fold. It was concluded that touch-compressions stimuli necessary for generation milk ejection reflex and milk ejection from the women mammary gland.
Alekseev
N P
NP
Iaroslavskiĭ
V K
VK
Gaĭdukov
S N
SN
Il'in
V I
VI
Spesivtsev
Iu A
IuA
Tikhonova
T K
TK
Kulagina
N B
NB
D001940:Breast / Q000502:physiology*; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008893:Milk Ejection / Q000502:physiology*; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D011312:Pressure; D011673:Pulsatile Flow; D012881:Skin Temperature; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*; D014618:Vacuum