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. Wendy Walsh:

   From an evolutionary standpoint, it makes sense that women are wary of being touched by strangers, women have evolved mechanisms to be choosy about whom they mate with and to fear rape by a stranger. However, touch by friends is both relational -- women tend to befriend as a buffer against stress -- and pleasurable. Touch gives a nice boost of dopamine, the 'feel-good' hormone.

2. 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.

3. Catherine Carey:

   Dopamine, in and of itself, is our natural anti-depressant, any time we can find a nonmedicinal way to stimulate that reward center ... the better off we're going to be.

4. Dianne Augelli:

   When you're pregnant, your blood volume expands so you have anemia to some degree, one of the theories is that there's not enough iron in a specific part of the brain that produces dopamine and that can trigger restless legs.

5. Alyssa Dweck:

   Neurotransmitter chemicals like serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine are involved in sexual response and orgasm, but they’re also influenced by medications that treat anxiety and depression.