The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
But it also has various other functions. One of these is its role in the regulation of sleep. Prolactin has been found to increase during sleep and particularly during REM sleep. It's also been suggested that it may help to promote slowwave sleep, the deepest phase of non-REM sleep.
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So, in one study, introvenous administration of prolactin in humans was found to increase slowwave sleep.