“…introduction It has been suggested that the diuresis which develops during mild hypoxia is a result of a reduced concentration of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) in the plasma which is due to an increase in the volume of blood in the thorax arising from hyperventilation induced by hypoxia (Singh, Malhotra, Khanna, Nanda, Purshottam, Upadhyay, Radhakrishnan & Brahmachari, 1974). A reduction in the concentration of ADH in the plasma response to mild hypoxia has been recently demonstrated in rats (Subramanian, Bhatia & Siddiqui, 1975); other work, however, would suggest that the release of ADH was stimulated by hypoxia. For instance, in artificially ventilated, anaesthetized dogs (Forsling & Ullman, 1974) and in foetal sheep (Alexander, Forsling, Martin, Nixon, Ratcliffe, Redstone & Turnbridge, 1972), hypoxia stimulates the release of ADH, probably by stimulation of chemoreceptors (Share & Levy, 1966).…”