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What Is Dopamine Responsible for?

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Barbara Sorensen

Dopamine is a chemical in your brain that affects your emotions, movements and your sensations of pleasure and pain. Dopamine neurotransmitters are located in the deep middle region of your brain called the substantia nigra. There are five dopamine receptors.