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What place is adh (vasopressin) and oxytocin produced?
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Pituitary: Hi. ADH (vasopressin) & oxytocin are made in neurons in the hypothalamus and travel down the axons in the pituitary stalk to the posterior pituitary where they are stored until they're released.
Answered 7/3/2014
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