MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY

PHYSIOLOGY

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Dopamine is responsible for feelings of ____
A
sadness
B
pleasure
C
fear
D
despair
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dopamine is known as the “feel-good” hormone. It gives you a sense of pleasure. It also gives you the motivation to do something when you’re feeling pleasure. Dopamine is part of your reward system.

Detailed explanation-2: -The results suggest that dopamine modulates human emotional processing at multiple levels in some of the same areas that process fear response in laboratory animals (Greba et al., 2001). These areas include the amygdala, MTL and frontal cortex.

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