Freeman M E
Environ Health Perspect. 1981 Apr;38:51-4. doi: 10.1289/ehp.813851.
The rodent corpus luteum is an ephemeral structure releasing progesterone for only a few hours rather than several days. However, in response to the mating stimulus, sufficient prolactin is released from the pituitary gland in a unique pattern to activate the corpus luteum and maintain it in a secretory state for several days. Progesterone, secreted from the corpus luteum, prolongs the secretion of prolactin, while the uterus may secrete a substance which terminates the functional life of the corpus luteum directly and also acts upon he prolactin secretory apparatus within the hypothalamopituitary axis to terminate prolactin secretion.
啮齿动物的黄体是一种短暂的结构，仅释放数小时而非数天的孕酮。然而，在交配刺激的作用下，垂体以一种独特的模式释放足够的催乳素，以激活黄体并使其维持分泌状态数天。黄体分泌的孕酮会延长催乳素的分泌，而子宫可能会分泌一种物质，该物质直接终止黄体的功能寿命，同时也作用于下丘脑 - 垂体轴内的催乳素分泌装置以终止催乳素的分泌。
