DOPAMINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dopamine mean? 

• DOPAMINE (noun)
  The noun DOPAMINE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: DOPAMINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOPAMINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

dopamine; Dopastat; Intropin

Hypernyms ("dopamine" is a kind of...):

monoamine neurotransmitter (a monoamine that is functionally important in neural transmission)

 Context examples 

This inhibits the release of various nociceptive neurotransmitters, such as substance P, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), dopamine, acetylcholine, noradrenaline, vasopressin, and somatostatin.

(Buprenorphine Transdermal Matrix Patch, NCI Thesaurus)

GPCRs form a broad and diverse gene family that responds not only to peptide ligands but also small molecule neurotransmitters (acetylcholine, dopamine, serotonin and adrenaline), light, odorants, taste, lipids, nucleotides, and ions.

(Bioactive Peptide Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Buproprion also weakly inhibits the neuronal re-uptake of dopamine.

(Bupropion, NCI Thesaurus)

Bupropion hydrochloride increases the levels of the chemicals dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine in the brain.

(Bupropion hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)

A hormone involved in sleep regulatory activity, and a tryptophan-derived neurotransmitter, which inhibits the synthesis and secretion of other neurotransmitters such as dopamine and GABA.

(Melatonin, NCI Thesaurus)

Benzphetamine stimulates the release of certain catecholamines, particularly noradrenaline and dopamine, from nerve terminals in the brain and inhibits their uptake.

(Benzphetamine, NCI Thesaurus)

Transporters for serotonin, dopamine, GABA and noradrenaline remove these neurotransmitters from the synapse to terminate signaling.

(Attenuation of GPCR Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Amantadine exerts its antiparkinsonian effects by stimulating the release of dopamine from striatal dopaminergic nerve terminals and inhibiting its pre-synaptic reuptake.

(Amantadine, NCI Thesaurus)

Acepromazine acts as a dopamine receptor antagonist in the CNS, thereby causing sedation, muscular relaxation and a reduction in spontaneous activity.

(Acepromazine, NCI Thesaurus)

Amoxapine exerts its antidepressant effect by inhibiting the re-uptake of norepinephrine and, to a lesser degree, of serotonin, at adrenergic nerve endings and blocks the response of dopamine receptors to dopamine.

(Amoxapine, NCI Thesaurus)