Note: Front Cover -- Hypothalamic Control of Lactation -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Part I: Physiological Regulation of Lactation -- Chapter 1. Mechanism of Lactation -- Chapter 2. Hypothalamus-Pituitary Axis -- a) Hypothalamic Control of Prolactin Secretion -- b) Prolactin-Inhibiting Factor (PIF) -- c) Prolactin-Releasîng Factor (PRF) -- d) Hypothalamic Feedback of Prolactin -- e) Effects of Steroids -- f) Interrelation between Pituitary Tropins -- g) Suckling -- h) Conclusions -- Chapter 3. Prolactin -- a) Introduction -- b) Storage and Release -- c) Properties -- d) Prolactin in Body Fluids -- e) Prolactin in Pituitary Tumors -- f) Effect of Prolactin on Mammary Growth -- g) Levels of Pituitary Prolactin in Various Stage of Lactation -- h) Theories on the Mechanism of Onset of Lactation -- i) Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Growth Hormone -- Chapter 5. Gonadotropins and Sex Steroids -- Chapter 6. Adrenocorticotropin and Corticosteroids -- Chapter 7. Thyrotropin and Thyroid Hormones -- Chapter 8. Oxytocin and Vasopressin -- Chapter 9. Parathormone and Calcitonin -- Chapter 10. Insulin and Glucagon -- Chapter 11. Pineal Gland -- Chapter 12. Placental and Amniotic Fluid -- Part II: Pharmacological Regulation of Lactation -- Chapter 13. Hypothalamic Lactation Produced by Psychopharmaca -- a) History -- b) Dissociation of Mammotropic and Sedative Effects -- c) Biological Dissociation through Combined Treatment with Tranquilizers and Psychostimulants -- d) Chemical Dissociation by Molecular Changes of Tranquilizers -- e) Studies in Hypophysectomized Rats -- f) Conclusions -- Chapter 14. Mammotropic Effect of Phenothiazine Derivatives -- a) History -- b) Mammotropic Index (MTI) -- c) Body Temperature Drop (BTD) -- d) Screening of Phenothiazine Derivatives -- e) Screening of Phenothiazine Sulfoxides and Sulfodioxides. , f) Stimulation of Synthesis and Release of Prolactin by Perphenazine -- g) Intracerebral Implantation of Phenothiazine Derivatives -- h) Mammotropic Effect of Fluphenazine Enanthate in the Rat -- i) Comparative Study of Phenothiazine Effect on Hypothalamic Prolactin-Inhibiting Factor and MSH-Releasing Factor -- j) Conclusions -- Chapter 15. Mammotropic Effect of Phenothiazine-like Compounds -- Chapter 16. Mammotropic Effect of Reserpine Derivatives -- Chapter 17. Mammotropic Effect of Butyrophenones -- Chapter 18. Mammotropic Effect of Miscellaneous Psychotropics Drugs -- Chapter 19. Structure-Activity Relationship of Mammotropic Drugs and Receptor Theory -- Chapter 20. Pituitary-Ovary Axis in Hypothalamic Lactation -- Chapter 21. Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Hypothalamic Lactation -- Chapter 22. Pituitary-Thyroid Axis in Hypothalamic Lactation -- a) Role of Thyroid in vivo and in vitro -- b) Thyroid and Hypothalamic Mammary Growth -- c) Thyroid and post-partum Galactopoiesis -- d) Conclusion -- Chapter 23. Prolactin Release by Hypothalamus of Nursing Rat Mothers -- Chapter 24. Prolactin as Luteotropic Hormone -- Part III: Prolactin Assay -- Chapter 25. In vitro Methods -- a) Effect of Hypothalamus -- b) Effect of Pituitary -- c) Effect of Steroids -- d) Effect of Neurohormones -- e) Effect of Phenothiazines -- f) Effect of Reserpine -- g) Effect of Thyroid -- h) Effect of Oxytocin -- i) Conclusion -- Chapter 26. In vivo Methods -- a) Rabbit Tests -- b) Rat Tests -- c) Pigeon Tests -- d) Concentration Methods -- Chapter 27. Radioimmunoassay -- Part IV. Problems of Lactation -- Chapter 28. Lactation in Humans -- a) Lactation and post-partum Amenorrhea -- b) Inhibition of Lactation and Breast Engorgement -- c) Persistence of Lactation and Menstrual Cycle -- d) Sterility during Lactation -- e) Galactorrhea as a General Syndrome. , f) Forbes-Albright-Castillo Syndrome -- g) Chiari-Frommel Syndrome -- h) Sheehan's Syndrome -- i) Hypothalamic Lactation -- j) Promotion of post-partum Lactation -- k) Gynecomastia -- l) Conclusion -- Chapter 29. Conclusions -- Chapter 30. Research Problems -- References -- Subject Index -- Monographs on Endocrinology.