 Lactation
"Lactation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The processes of milk secretion by the maternal MAMMARY GLANDS after PARTURITION. The proliferation of the mammary glandular tissue, milk synthesis, and milk expulsion or let down are regulated by the interactions of several hormones including ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; and OXYTOCIN.
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D007774
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.702.500 G08.686.785.420
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| Concept/Terms |
Lactation, Prolonged- Lactation, Prolonged
- Lactations, Prolonged
- Prolonged Lactation
- Prolonged Lactations
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lactation" by people in Profiles.
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LeMaster C, Pierce SH, Geanes ES, Khanal S, Elliott SS, Scott AB, Louiselle DA, McLennan R, Maulik D, Lewis T, Pastinen T, Bradley T. The cellular and immunological dynamics of early and transitional human milk. Commun Biol. 2023 05 18; 6(1):539.
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Chambers CD, Krishnan JA, Alba L, Albano JD, Bryant AS, Carver M, Cohen LS, Gorodetsky E, Hernandez-Diaz S, Honein MA, Jones BL, Murray RK, Namazy JA, Sahin L, Spong CY, Vasisht KP, Watt K, Wurst KE, Yao L, Schatz M. The safety of asthma medications during pregnancy and lactation: Clinical management and research priorities. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 06; 147(6):2009-2020.
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Zinkhan EK, Zalla JM, Carpenter JR, Yu B, Yu X, Chan G, Joss-Moore L, Lane RH. Intrauterine growth restriction combined with a maternal high-fat diet increases hepatic cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein receptor activity in rats. Physiol Rep. 2016 Jul; 4(13).
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Desai M, Jellyman JK, Han G, Beall M, Lane RH, Ross MG. Maternal obesity and high-fat diet program offspring metabolic syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Sep; 211(3):237.e1-237.e13.
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Chezem J, Friesen C. Attendance at breast-feeding support meetings: relationship to demographic characteristics and duration of lactation in women planning postpartum employment. J Am Diet Assoc. 1999 Jan; 99(1):83-5.
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Chezem J, Friesen C, Montgomery P, Fortman T, Clark H. Lactation duration: influences of human milk replacements and formula samples on women planning postpartum employment. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 1998 Nov-Dec; 27(6):646-51.
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