[ **up: [[Hormones]] | [[Wellbeing]]** ] --- # Dopamine Dopamine is a [[Hormones|hormone]] and [[neurotransmitter]].[^1] It is made the brain.[^1] The nervous system uses dopamine to send messages between nerve cells. These messages also travel between the brain and the rest of your body; this neurotransmitter affects not only the brain and body, but also behaviour.[^1] Dopamine plays a huge role in the [[reward system]].[^1] Both too little and too much can be a problem.[^1] - *See also:* [[ADHD]] [^1]: Hope Cristol, Kristin Mitchell, and Angel McPhilips, ‘Dopamine: What It Is & What It Does’, *WebMD*, updated 9 July 2024, https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/what-is-dopamine.