See Also: milk let-down reflex(medicine)
milk-ejection reflex(medicine)
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Cholac (health) and milk let-down reflex (medicine)


Cholac (health)


Cholac is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in Other countries. Active ingredient(s): lactulose.





milk let-down reflex (medicine)


milk let-down reflex -->
milk-ejection reflex
Release of milk from the breast following tactile stimulation of the nipple; the afferent path is postulated to exist from the nipple to the hypothalamus; the efferent limb is represented by the neurohypophysial release of oxytocin into the systemic circulation; contraction of myoepithelial elements within the breast, caused by oxytocin, moves milk into the collecting ducts and toward the nipple.

Synonym: let-down reflex, milk let-down reflex.