PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 19215496-8 1991 At this time the initial increase in prolactin concentrations occurred within 2 to 4 min after the injection of NMDA as for beta-endorphin but the values continued to increase for 2 to 4 h. In a separate experiment, it was shown that pretreatment of the rams with dexamethasone (synthetic glucocorticoid, 133.4 mug/kg iv) blocked the beta-endorphin response to NMDA but had no effect on the prolactin response. Dexamethasone 264-277 prolactin Homo sapiens 37-46