Parasomnias are disruptive sleep disorders that can occur during arousals from REM sleep or partial arousals from non-REM sleep. Parasomnias include nightmares, night terrors, sleepwalking, confusional arousals, and many others.
The hormone which the anterior pituitary gland produces is called ADH. The ADH hormone is responsible for the balance of water within the human body. These are the stages in which the ADH hormone acts if there is too little water: 1. The hypothalamus (a part of the brain) detects too little water in blood.
The anterior pituitary gland produces the following hormones and releases them into the bloodstream: 1  Adrenocorticotropic hormone, which stimulates the adrenal glands to secrete steroid hormones, principally cortisol. 2  Growth hormone, which regulates growth, metabolism and body composition.