Sleep plays a vital role in good health and well-being throughout your life. Getting enough quality sleep at the right times can help protect your mental health, physical health, quality of life, and safety. The way you feel while you're awake depends in part on what happens while you're sleeping.
Receptors for the various neurotransmitters are located on both the presynaptic and postsynaptic nerve terminals of the neuron.
â¢ Target cells of neurotransmitters can be specific neurons or other cells, whereas that of hormones can be some distance from endocrine gland. â¢ Action of neurotransmitters is extremely fast, which could be up to few milliseconds. Neurotransmitters belong to the nervous system, whereas hormones belong to the endocrine system. â¢ Transmission of neurotransmitters is across the synaptic cleft, whereas that of hormones is by blood.