Table 1.

Prolactin (PRL) and hypothalamic-pituitary-gonad and -thyroid hormones.

	Control	1-TCS	10-TCS	100-TCS
FSH (IU/L)	1.80 ± 0.42	1.79 ± 0.60	1.46 ± 0.25*	1.25 ± 0.49*
LH (IU/L)	1.08 ± 0.31	0.94 ± 0.38	0.80 ± 0.17*	0.71 ± 0.26**
E2 (pg/ml)	20.01 ± 3.88	17.29 ± 2.19	16.57 ± 4.40	15.74 ± 5.15
P4 (ng/ml)	4.27 ± 0.86	3.87 ± 0.66	3.52 ± 0.45*	3.18 ± 0.89*
PRL (ng/L)	54.95 ± 9.46	55.83 ± 7.25	61.34 ± 8.76*	62.04 ± 10.00*
GnRH mRNA	1.00 ± 0.13	0.95 ± 0.18	0.71 ± 0.21**	0.65 ± 0.19**
T4 (ng/ml)	54.63 ± 13.64	53.74 ± 12.72	44.65 ± 11.79*	26.19 ± 20.65**
T3 (ng/ml)	1.67 ± 0.35	1.62 ± 0.30	1.40 ± 0.36*	1.23 ± 0.55**
TSH (μIU/ml)	1.26 ± 0.23	1.21 ± 0.28	1.48 ± 0.43*	1.49 ± 0.35*
TRH (ng/L)	0.98 ± 0.30	1.05 ± 0.39	1.29 ± 0.47*	1.33 ± 0.50*

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 vs. control.