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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.
ADH is a hormone produced in the hypothalamus and secreted by the posterior pituitary. ADH is secreted in response to decreasing blood volume. ADH affects the permeability of the nephrons in the kidney to water.ADH makes the nephrons more permeable to water, increasing the amount of water retained by the body. Homeostasis is maintained because more water is returned to the blood, decreasing the loss of water and maintaining the blood volume.DH is secreted in response to decreasing blood volume. ADH affects the permeability of the nephrons in the kidney to water. ADH makes the nephrons more permeable to water, increasing the amount of water retained by the body.