Anti Diuretics Hormone (ADH) is a hormone secreted by the hypothalamus and is stored in the pituitary gland which has target cells at the endothelial cells of the collecting ducts of the kidney nephrons. The following schematic appears The Effect of Anti Diuretics Hormone:
In order to prevent loss or gain of water from cells, water potential of the blood must be regulated. It is the hypothalamus that control blood water homeostasis since it contains osmoreceptor cells, which can detect changes in the water potential of the blood passing through the brain.
