Endocrine Abstracts

Lactation is a hormonally controlled process that promotes infant growth and development and reduces the long-term maternal risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and breast cancer. Hormones, such as prolactin and progesterone, mediate mammary development during pregnancy and are critical for initiating copious milk secretion during postpartum days 1-4. However, the hormone concentrations and mechanisms mediating lactation onset during this period of secretory activation are...