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Evidence for a Sex-Specific Facilitatory Effect of Melatonin on Prolactin Secretion. Is Pineal-Prolactin Interaction Relevant to the Clinical Course of Breast Cancer?

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Role of Melatonin and Pineal Peptides in Neuroimmunomodulation

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Abstract

In all mammals tested so far melatonin (MT), the main pineal hormone, is secreted according to a large-amplitude circadian rhythm. Its profile of secretion is characterized by a brisk surge during the period of darkness with the peak in the first hours after midnight and decline before dawn; during the day-light hours serum MT concentrations are persistently low (Preslock,1984).

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    A. Angeli, M. Terzolo, A. Piovesan, M. Torta, T. Buniva & P. Paccotti

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Angeli, A. et al. (1991). Evidence for a Sex-Specific Facilitatory Effect of Melatonin on Prolactin Secretion. Is Pineal-Prolactin Interaction Relevant to the Clinical Course of Breast Cancer?. In: Fraschini, F., Reiter, R.J. (eds) Role of Melatonin and Pineal Peptides in Neuroimmunomodulation. NATO ASI Series, vol 204. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3756-4_30

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