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Dopamine vs Melatonin - What's the difference?

dopamine | melatonin |

As nouns the difference between dopamine and melatonin

is that dopamine is (label) a neurotransmitter associated with movement, attention, learning, and the brain’s pleasure and reward system while melatonin is a hormone, related to serotonin, that is secreted by the pineal gland, and stimulates colour change in the skin of reptiles, and is involved in the sleep/wake and reproductive cycles in mammals.

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 ----

    melatonin

    English

    (wikipedia melatonin)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A hormone, related to serotonin, that is secreted by the pineal gland, and stimulates colour change in the skin of reptiles, and is involved in the sleep/wake and reproductive cycles in mammals
  • Any material similar in its chemistry and effect to the natural hormone.