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Dopamine vs Tetrahydrobiopterin - What's the difference?

dopamine | tetrahydrobiopterin |

As nouns the difference between dopamine and tetrahydrobiopterin

is that dopamine is (label) a neurotransmitter associated with movement, attention, learning, and the brain’s pleasure and reward system while tetrahydrobiopterin is (biochemistry) a naturally-occurring nutrient and essential cofactor of the three aromatic amino acid hydroxylase enzymes, used in the biosynthesis of the neurotransmitters serotonin, melatonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine, and nitric oxide.

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 ----

    tetrahydrobiopterin

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia tetrahydrobiopterin)
  • (biochemistry) A naturally-occurring nutrient and essential cofactor of the three aromatic amino acid hydroxylase enzymes, used in the biosynthesis of the neurotransmitters serotonin, melatonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine, and nitric oxide.

    • Synonyms

    * sapropterin