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The thyroid would seem to influence mammogenesis by its general metabolic effect (Jacobsohn, 1958, 1959). A certain degree of hypothyroidism enhances alveolar development in the rat, but it has an inhibitory effect on mammogenesis in the mouse (Folley, 1956). Treating rats with propylthiouracil (an antithyroid drug) stimulates mammary growth (Ben-David, Dikstein and Sulman, 1966). Mammogenesis can be elicited in the hypophysectomized-adrenalectomizedthyroidectomized rat by giving ovarian hormones + prolactin, STH and hydrocortisone, without the addition of thyroid hormones (Chen, Johnson, Lyons, Li and Cole, 1955).
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Sulman, F.G. (1970). Thyrotropin and Thyroid Hormones. In: Hypothalamic Control of Lactation. Monographs on Endocrinology, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46233-7_7
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