title: Closing the link in short-loop prolactin feedback.
abstract: Short-loop negative feedback actions of prolactin in hypothalamus have been recognized for some time. Two recent papers demonstrate the multiple sites of this feedback action and the signaling mechanisms involved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 South Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA.
authors.forename: Meghan M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Willis K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Samson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D025461:Feedback, Physiological; D005260:Female; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism; D007774:Lactation / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D011388:Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011981:Receptors, Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D011981:Receptors, Prolactin; D011388:Prolactin