Age of candidacy. Age of candidacy is the minimum age at which a person can legally qualify to hold certain elected government offices. In many cases, it also determines the age at which a person may be eligible to stand for an election or be granted ballot access.
Why the Test is Performed. ADH is a hormone that is produced in a part of the brain called the hypothalamus. It is then stored and released from the pituitary gland, a small gland at the base of the brain. ADH acts on the kidneys to control the amount of water excreted in the urine.
Antidiuretic hormone, ADH or vasopressin. The antidiuretic hormone, ADH, also called vasopressin and arginine-vasopressin, is a nanopeptide (nine amino acids) synthesized in the hypothalamus, transported to and stored in the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland which releases it into the blood circulation.It has antidiuretic and vasopressor actions.ormed in the supra-optic and paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus by cleavages of a preprohormone of 168 amino acids and then a prohormone, vasopressin is transported to the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland which stores it.