AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Dopamine is a type of monoamine neurotransmitter. It’s made in your brain and acts as a chemical messenger, communicating messages between nerve cells in your brain and your brain and the rest of your body. Dopamine also acts as a hormone.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is produced in the substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area, and hypothalamus of the brain. Dysfunction of the dopamine system has been implicated in different nervous system diseases.

Detailed explanation-3: -Four neurotransmitters come under the chemical classification of biogenic amines. These are epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin.

Detailed explanation-4: -Acetylcholine, Glutamate and Serotonin are three examples of neurotransmitters.

Detailed explanation-5: -Dopamine is most notably involved in helping us feel pleasure as part of the brain’s reward system. Sex, shopping, smelling cookies baking in the oven-all these things can trigger dopamine release, or a “dopamine rush.” This feel-good neurotransmitter is also involved in reinforcement.