AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Neurotransmitters are to the nervous system what hormones are to the endocrine system. These are both considered chemical messengers. The hormones are transmitted through the blood stream, while neurotransmitters are transmitted through way of the synaptic cleft.

Detailed explanation-2: -For example, vasopressin and oxytocin, two peptide hormones that are released into the circulation from the posterior pituitary, also function as neurotransmitters at a number of central synapses. A number of other peptides also serve as both hormones and neurotransmitters.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hormones and neurotransmitters are different chemical messengers, the former produced by the endocrine glands and the latter by the nervous system. Hormones are usually secreted from the endocrine system and released into the bloodstream, but they act on distant target cells.

Detailed explanation-4: -Neurotransmitters are endogenous chemicals such as dopamine, glutamate, endorphin, and serotonin that send signals across a chemical synapse from one nerve cell to the other. The organ system of hormones is the endocrine system while that of neurotransmitters is the nervous system.