The gland sits at the base of the brain and is roughly the size and shape of a bean ... Vasopressin AVP or ADH Vasopressin (also called anti-diuretic hormone, ADH) is one of the hormones of the ...

The first part is a large region referred to as the anterior lobe, and the second, smaller part, is called the posterior lobe. The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland contains several types of ...

(3) After all of the AVP stored in the posterior pituitary gland has been released, a third phase of diabetes insipidus develops if >80-90% of the AVP-secreting neuronal cell bodies in the ...