Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers among women worldwide, and researchers have long sought to understand the myriad factors that may influence its development. Among these factors, ...

It supports milk production and stimulates caregiving behaviour in mothers, now a University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka study has found prolactin also regulates body temperature during pregnancy.

The hormone prolactin has long been understood to play a vital role in breast growth and development and the production of milk during pregnancy. But a pair of recent studies conducted at VCU Massey ...

Angelier, Frédéric, Moe, Borge, Blanc, Samuel, and Chastel, Olivier. 2009. "What Factors Drive Prolactin and Corticosterone Responses to Stress in a Long-Lived Bird Species (Snow Petrel Pagodroma ...