Validation of the Japanese Version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (J-YFAS 2.0).

The Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (YFAS 2.0) is used for assessing food addiction (FA).

Possible involvement of thyrotropin-releasing hormone receptor 3 in the release of prolactin in the metamorphosing bullfrog larvae.

In amphibians, thyrotropin (TSH), corticotropin (ACTH) and prolactin (PRL) are regarded as the major pituitary hormones involved in metamorphosis, their releasing factors being corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), arginine vasotocin (AVT), and thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), respectively. It is also known that thyrotropes and corticotropes are equipped with CRF type-2 receptor and AVT V1b receptor, respectively. As for PRL cells, information about the type of receptor for TRH (TRHR) through which the action of TRH is mediated to induce the release of PRL is lacking.

D2 Dopamine receptor subtype mediates the inhibitory effect of dopamine on TRH-induced prolactin release from the bullfrog pituitary.

Dopamine receptors in mammals are known to consist of two D1-like receptors (D1 and D5) and three D2-like receptors (D2, D3 and D4). The aim of this study was to determine the dopamine receptor subtype that mediates the inhibitory action of dopamine on the release of prolactin (PRL) from the amphibian pituitary. Distal lobes of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) were perifused and the amount of PRL released in the effluent medium was measured by means of a homologous enzyme-immunoassay.