Method to determine abnormalities in the daily rhythm of prolactin and to determine the adjustments that will cause an abnormal rhythm of prolactin of a patient to conform to and approach a daily rhythm of prolactin of a healthy individual

摘要

Disclosed are methods for detecting and adjusting abnormalities in prolactin daily rhythms. Provided is a method comparing a prolactin profile of a vertebrate subject to the prolactin profile of other vertebrate subjects having a normal prolactin profile; and adjusting the prolactin profile of the subject to cause the profile of the subject to conform to (or approach) the normal prolactin profile. Also provided is a method for evaluating the daily prolactin profile of a human subject wherein the method provides for comparing a set of at least two prolactin levels of the human and comparing them to corresponding prolactin levels for healthy humans (or a preestablished average prolactin curve for healthy humans) at the same time points. The method also provides for determining whether a human subject has an abnormal prolactin profile.