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Vasopressin, also known as arginine vasopressin (AVP), antidiuretic hormone (ADH), or argipressin, is a neurohypophysial hormone found in most mammals.Its two primary functions are to retain water in the body and to constrict blood vessels.asopressin regulates the body's retention of water by acting to increase water reabsorption in the kidney's collecting ducts, the tubules which receive the very dilute urine produced by the functional unit of the kidney, the nephrons.
Vasopressin, also known as antidiuretic hormone or ADH, maintains  the body's water balance by promoting the kidneys to reabsorb  water. ADH is secreted by the posterior pit â¦ uitary gland.It works  by making collecting tubules of nephrons in the kidneys permeable  to water.asopressin, also known as antidiuretic hormone or ADH, maintains  the body's water balance by promoting the kidneys to reabsorb  water. ADH is secreted by the posterior pit â¦ uitary gland.