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Anti Diuretic Hormone (also called vasopressin) / Hormone antidiurétique (vasopressine)
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Antidiuretic hormone. It reduces the volume of urine produced
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hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules
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Anti-diuretic hormone; AVP; Arginine vasopressin. Hormone, released from the posterior pituitary gland, which regulates water reabsorption in the distal tubule and collecting duct.
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Anti-diuretic hormone or vasopressin. This hormone is produced by the pituitary and causes the kidneys to conserve body fluids.
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antidiuretic hormone made by posterior portion of pituitary; retains free water from kidney, also called vasopres- sin. Relative reduction, or dysregulation, is common in mold patients and is seen in approximately 60% of patients with MSH deficiency. Measure simultaneously with osmolality
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A pituitary hormone which keeps water in the body by controlling the amount of urine (pee) that is made.
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antidiuretic hormone ad lib as much as desired
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Antidiuretic hormone, vasopressin
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Also known as antidiuretic hormone. A natural body chemical that slows down the production of urine. Some children who wet their beds regularly may lack normal amounts of ADH.
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the antidiuretic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland: its major action is to conserve body water by decreasing urine formation.
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Anti-Diuretic Hormone Humans as organisms
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Antidiuretic hormone. One of the hormones produced by the pituitary gland. A shortage of this hormone causes increased loss of body fluids through the kidneys.
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