Effect of pregnancy on the somatotroph and the prolactin cell of the human adenohypophysis.

Adolescent Adult Aged Child Child, Preschool Cytoplasmic Granules Estrogens/therapeutic use Feedback Female Fetus/cytology Growth Hormone/metabolism Humans Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System/physiology Infant Infant, Newborn Male Middle Aged Pituitary Gland/cytology,metabolism Placental Hormones/physiology Placental Lactogen/physiology Postpartum Period Pregnancy Prolactin/metabolism Prostatic Neoplasms/drug therapy Staining and Labeling

Estrogens Placental Hormones Prolactin Growth Hormone Placental Lactogen