antidiuretic hormone
英英释义
Noun- hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules
例句
用作名词(n.)- To be precise, they have been linked to a hormone called vasopressin and the protein molecule that acts as its receptor.更准确的说，这与一种叫做后叶加压素的激素及其受体蛋白分子有关。
- Investigators have long known the gene that controls the hormone vasopressin is responsible for monogamy in prairie voles, small animals common in the grasslands of North America.研究人员很早就知道，这种基因不仅控制抗利尿激素，也能使草原田鼠这种北美草原常见的小动物保持一夫一妻。
- Virtually all vertebrates have an oxytocin-like nonapeptide hormone that supports reproductive functions and a vasopressin-like nonapeptide hormone involved in water regulation.事实上所有脊椎动物都有有利于生殖功能的类似催产素的激素，以及水平衡的类似于抗利尿激素的激素。
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