The physiology of the normal human breast: an exploratory study

• Published in: Journal of physiology and biochemistry Vol. 67; no. 4; pp. 621 - 627
• Main Authors: Mills, Dixie, Gordon, Eva J., Casano, Ashley, Lahti, Sarah Michelle, Nguyen, Tinh, Preston, Alex, Tondre, Julie, Wu, Kuan, Yanase, Tiffany, Chan, Henry, Chia, David, Esfandiari, Mahtash, Himmel, Tiffany, Love, Susan M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2011
• Subjects: Animal Physiology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Breast - physiology; Caffeine - administration & dosage; Caffeine - analysis; Caffeine - blood; Cimetidine - administration & dosage; Cimetidine - analysis; Cimetidine - blood; Female; Human Physiology; Humans; Lactation - physiology; Mammary Glands, Human - anatomy & histology; Mammary Glands, Human - metabolism; Milk, Human - chemistry; Milk, Human - metabolism; Nipple Aspirate Fluid - chemistry; Nipple Aspirate Fluid - metabolism; Original Paper; Reference Values; Serum - chemistry; Serum - metabolism; Therapeutic Irrigation - methods; Breast physiology; Ductal fluid; Mammary gland; Ductal lavage; Molecular transport; Cimetidine

The physiology of the nonlactating human breast likely plays a key role in factors that contribute to the etiology of breast cancer and other breast conditions. Although there has been extensive research into the physiology of lactation, few reports explore the physiology of the resting mammary glan...