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THERE have been numerous investigations recently on the effect of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) on frog skin1–4. Experiments have demonstrated that ADH increases the osmotic permeability of the skin, while leaving the diffusion permeability to water nearly unaltered, by increasing the size of ‘pores’ in the outer membrane. Moreover, ADH is known to increase the active rate of sodium transport across the skin5,6.
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HOUSE, C. Effect of Antidiuretic Hormone on Non-osmotic Flow across Frog Skin. Nature 202, 1221–1222 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2021221b0
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