Physiology of antidiuretic hormone and the interrelationship between the hormone and the kidney.
This paper reviews the physiology of antidiuretic hormone, including the factors involving the formation, storage and release of the hormone, the metabolism of vasopressin and its physiologic and pharmacologic effects on water and electrolyte transport. The consequences of both deficiency and excess of the hormone are also discussed.
D001790:Blood Physiological Phenomena; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001810:Blood Volume; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000502:physiology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D011247:Pregnancy; D012636:Secretory Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000172:deficiency / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
D014667:Vasopressins; D000242:Cyclic AMP