It's definitely a trend, and the handwriting is on the wall for anyone using chimpanzees in research. Public sentiment has also turned against using chimpanzees, especially in invasive studies, after decades of studies on the apes revealed their intelligent, emotional natures to be similar to our own.
Best Answer: CONCLUSION: Weight gain and elevated body weight are frequently associated with prolactinomas regardless of a mass effect on the hypothalamus or pituitary function. In this series, weight loss was recorded in 70% of prolactinomas patients and in 90% of male patients who normalized their prolactin levels. We propose the inclusion of hyperprolactinaemia in the differential diagnosis of endocrine obesity and weight gain.
During pregnancy prolactin levels increase. After the birth of a baby, a womanâs estrogen and progesterone levels drop and prolactin levels rise. These high levels of prolactin cause milk to âcome inâ or milk production to begin so a baby can be breast fed. In women who are not pregnant, prolactin is one of the hormones that regulate menstrual cycles. In males high levels of prolactin may be related to sperm production and sexual dysfunction.