Dopamine is an important neurotransmitter. Dopamine has many functions in the brain, including important roles in behavior and cognition, motor activity, motivation and reward, inhibition of prolactin production (involved in lactation), sleep, mood, attention, and learning. The most significant role it assumes is that of enhancing the "Desire". It acts on the sympathetic nervous system to control Libido, Aggression and Power. It increases blood pressure and hence increased heart rate.
Dopamine was discovered in 1958 by Arvid Carlsson and Nils-Åke Hillarp at the Laboratory for Chemical Pharmacology of the National Heart Institute of Sweden.
The structure of Dopamine is
It finds use as ligand in many signifcant synthetic transformations. Loss of libido, reduced interest in sex and decreased energy for sex are the results of low levels of dopamine. However, the exact involvement of dopamine in the control of sexual motivation and genital arousal in males is unknown.
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