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Dopamine vs Adrenaline - What's the difference?

dopamine | adrenaline |

As nouns the difference between dopamine and adrenaline

is that dopamine is a neurotransmitter associated with movement, attention, learning, and the brain’s pleasure and reward system while adrenaline is an alternative name for epinephrine; the hormone and neurotransmitter.

dopamine

English

(wikipedia dopamine)

Noun

  • (label) A neurotransmitter associated with movement, attention, learning, and the brain’s pleasure and reward system.

    • Abbreviations

    * DA

    Hypernyms

    * catecholamine * phenethylamine

    Related terms

    * dopaminergic

    See also

    * norepinephrine English words suffixed with -amine ----

    adrenaline

    English

    (wikipedia adrenaline)

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (-)
  • (hormone) An alternative name for epinephrine; the hormone and neurotransmitter.

    • Derived terms

    * adrenaline junkie * adrenaline rush