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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol 44, 985-989, Copyright © 1977 by Endocrine Society

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Changes in the prolactin response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) during the menstrual cycle of normal women

AE Boyd 3rd and F Sanchez-Franco

Serum prolactin (PRL) and thyrotropin (TSH) levels were measured after iv administration of 200 microng of synthetic thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in 20 normal women ages 18 to 34. Ten women received TRH on days 7 to 8 of the menstrual cycle and 10 women received TRH on days 21-22. Although there was no difference in the dose of TRH relative to body weight in the two groups of women, the peak PRL level after TRH stimulation was greater in the women studied on day 21-22 (48.5+/-5.7 ng/ml, mean+/-SE) than on day 7-8 (35.2+/-4.2 ng/ml) of the cycle (P less than 0.05). In contrast, TSH rose to a greater degree in the preovulatory phase (13.8+/-1.8 micronU/ml) than the luteal phase (7.7+/- 0.7 micronU/ml of the cycle (P less than .01). Studies of the PRL and TSH response after TRH administration should take the phase of the menstrual cycle into account.




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