Synonyms for dopamine
ˈdoʊ pəˌmindopamine

Princeton's WordNet

1. dopamine, Dopastat, Intropinnoun

   a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension

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1. • Monoamine Neurotransmitter

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1. List of paraphrases for "dopamine":

   dopaminergic

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1. Kenneth Rosenberg:

   Our biology plays a big role, [ but ] we ca n’t blame it all on biology. You ca n’t say,' Testosterone made me do it,' but people who have higher testosterone might cheat more, people who are more captured by their dopamine reward system might cheat more.

2. Steve Dean:

   It becomes like an addiction to novelty without substance, when you get a match with someone, it literally gives you a boost of dopamine, and you think, There’s no cost to continuing to play. The dating apps know this, and they are exploiting the shit out of our reward pathways to make sure that we’re always coming back.

3. Seth Norrholm:

   There is some evidence to suggest that thrill-seeking is like anything pleasurable -- gambling, eating, -- it releases dopamine.

4. Jim Hall:

   More of it remains active flooding the brain with excess dopamine, resulting in intense pleasure and its related anticipation that users come to crave resulting in compulsive use and a stronger addiction, designing the molecule of a drug that blocks the exit door for dopamine in the brain makes it a more addictive substance.

5. Robin Murray:

   Excess dopamine is the best biological explanation we have for psychotic illnesses, it's possible that nicotine exposure, by increasing the release of dopamine, causes psychosis to develop.