and in 2000, all three scientists carlson, greengard and kandel received the nobel prize in physiologydicine for their discoveries, which were a response to... dopamine and its role in the human body is a very popular topic, even outside of scientific circles, but most often the functions of dopamine are described either too vaguely, it is a neurotransmitter, but it is still a hormone, right? hello, ekaterina, well, let's start with the fact that dopamine is, in general, both a hormone and a neurotransmitter, in the classical version it is better known as a neurotransmitter, that is , it is a chemical substance, a molecule that transmits a signal from one nerve cell to another, but it is also a hormone, though not a classical one, a classical hormone is a substance that is secreted in some organ in a gland inside. segregation and transmits a signal through the blood to all the cells on which there are receiving devices, that is , receptors for this hormone, and so dopamine has its own receptors, it is also secreted in some parts outside the brain and thus it is a hormone, although it d