
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Nicholas, KR 
A1  - Hartmann, PE 
T1  - Progressive Changes in Plasma Progesterone, Prolactin and Corticosteroid Levels During Late Pregnancy and the Initiation of Lactose Synthesis in the Rat
JF  - Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
JO  - Aust. Jnl. Of Bio. Sci.
Y1  - 1981
VL  - 34
IS  - 4
SP  - 445
EP  - 454
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9810445 
N2  - The relationship between progesterone, prolactin, corticosteroids and corticosteroid binding globulin . (CBO) activity in plasma and the initiation of lactation were studied in normal parturient rats, and rats either ovariohysterectomized or Caesarean-sectioned on day 19 of gestation. In chronically cannulated rats the decline in plasma progesterone to low values « 10 p.g/l) in normal parturient rats 20 h before term and in Caesarean-sectioned rats 10--14 h after surgery was closely related to an increase in plasma prolactin. 
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