The researchers found that during both tasks, higher levels of light triggered an increase in activity over the posterior ...
The posterior pituitary gland, which extends from axonal projections originating from the hypothalamus, secretes both oxytocin and anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) or vasopressin 2. The hypothalamic ...
which severs the connections between the cell bodies of AVP-secreting neurons in the hypothalamus and their nerve terminals in the posterior pituitary gland, which prevents AVP secretion.