What is the difference between a neurohormone and a neuropeptide?

Question

My book mentions “antidiuretic hormone” (ADH) when giving examples of neurohormones, but it also mentions ADH when giving examples of neuropeptides.

In: Biology

Answer 1

So let’s take off the “neuro” prefix. A hormone is a molecule that the body uses to send a message to other parts of the body. A peptide is a segment of a protein (sometimes refers to the whole protein).

So these are two different descriptors for the molecule. It a) sends a message and b) is a protein.

(edited to correct a mistake that I am rather embarrassed to have made)