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Gaba vs Endorphin - What's the difference?

gaba | endorphin |

As nouns the difference between gaba and endorphin

is that gaba is while endorphin is (biochemistry) any of a group of peptide hormones found in the brain that act as neurotransmitters and have properties similar to morphine.

gaba

English

Acronym

(Acronym) (head)
  • gamma-aminobutyric acid
  • * 2001': [Valium] was followed by many imitators, all sharing the same pharmacological mechanism, which is to enhance the actions of the key inhibitory brain chemical messenger '''GABA . — Leslie Iversen, ''Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 58)

    • Derived terms

    * GABAergic

    endorphin

    English

    (wikipedia endorphin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any of a group of peptide hormones found in the brain that act as neurotransmitters and have properties similar to morphine.