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. Amit Sen:

   There are reward systems in the brain. It is a dopamine kick. When you are winning in a game, you get a dopamine kick. If you are doing cocaine, you get the same kick.

2. Julie Schweitzer:

   The movement likely increases noradrenergic and/or dopamine functioning in the brain, which then enhances attention to the target stimuli.

3. Rhonda Cohen:

   We're frightened, yet we're also excited at the same time. ... We release dopamine which provides us with a pleasurable feeling, the first second you start accelerating incredibly fast, it leaves you almost breathless.

4. 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.

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.