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Neuropeptide vs Secretoneurin - What's the difference?

neuropeptide | secretoneurin |

As nouns the difference between neuropeptide and secretoneurin

is that neuropeptide is (neurotransmitter) any of several peptides, such as endorphins, that function as neurotransmitters while secretoneurin is (biochemistry) a 33-amino acid neuropeptide derived from secretogranin ii, found in a wide variety of peptidergic endocrine cells and involved in chemotaxis of monocytes and eosinophils.

neuropeptide

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (neurotransmitter) Any of several peptides, such as endorphins, that function as neurotransmitters.

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    * {{reference-book , last = Mains , first = Richard E. , coauthors = Eipper, Betty A. , editor = Siegel, George J., et al. , title = Basic Neurochemistry , url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bnchm , accessdate = 5 December 2009 , accessyear = 2009 , edition = Sixth edition , year = 1999 , publisher = Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins , chapter = Peptides , chapterurl = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bnchm&part=A1291
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    secretoneurin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia secretoneurin) (-)
  • (biochemistry) A 33-amino acid neuropeptide derived from secretogranin II, found in a wide variety of peptidergic endocrine cells and involved in chemotaxis of monocytes and eosinophils.