Prolactin at moderately increased levels confers a neuroprotective effect in non-secreting pituitary macroadenomas

• David A. Paul ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: David A. Paul, Alejandra Rodrigue

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3517-8787

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• Alejandra Rodrigue ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: David A. Paul, Alejandra Rodrigue

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Nicholas Contento,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Sam Haber,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Ricky Hoang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Redi Rahmani,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3161-2125

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• Adnan Hirad,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Ismat Shafiq,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Zoë Williams,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• G. Edward Vates

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Edward_vates@urmc.rochester.edu

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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