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Neurotransmitter vs Leuenkephalin - What's the difference?

neurotransmitter | leuenkephalin |

As nouns the difference between neurotransmitter and leuenkephalin

is that neurotransmitter is any substance, such as acetylcholine or dopamine, responsible for sending nerve signals across a synapse between two neurons while leuenkephalin is an endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter found naturally in the brains of many animals, including humans; one of the two forms of enkephalin (the other being metenkephalin).

neurotransmitter

English

(wikipedia neurotransmitter)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry, neuroscience) Any substance, such as acetylcholine or dopamine, responsible for sending nerve signals across a synapse between two neurons.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    See also

    * acetylcholine * adenosine triphosphate * serotonin * dopamine * norepinephrine

    leuenkephalin

    English

    (Leu-enkephalin)

    Alternative forms

    * leu-enkephalin

    Noun

    (-)
  • (biochemistry) An endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter found naturally in the brains of many animals, including humans; one of the two forms of enkephalin (the other being metenkephalin).
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    • , passage=PRO, an endogenous opioid itself, is also the precursor of the opiate neuropeptides metenkephalin and leuenkephalin . }}