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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Article title updated for style. | Nov 11, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Dopamine. | Nov 08, 2026 | ||
| Added an illustration showing the different modes of dopamine signaling. | Jul 31, 2026 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised and updated. | Jul 08, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Dopamine. | Jun 04, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Dopamine dependency for acquisition and performance of Pavlovian conditioned response. | Apr 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Medscape - Dopamine. | Apr 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Health - How Dopamine Impacts Your Mood and Motivation. | Jan 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Current Biology - Dopamine. | Nov 29, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthdirect - Dopamine. | Mar 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of California - eScholarship - What does dopamine mean? (PDF). | Jan 13, 2025 | ||
| Article restructured and revised. | Dec 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Psychology Today - Dopamine. | May 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Simply Psychology - Dopamine: Brain Neurotransmitter. | Dec 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - How Can You Boost Dopamine Naturally? | Oct 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthline - How Does Dopamine Affect the Body? | Aug 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Dopamine. | Jun 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Dopamine. | Apr 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Health - What is Dopamine? | Dec 05, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubChem - Dopamine. | Sep 20, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Psychological Association - Dopamine and Desire. | Mar 25, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - Slacker or Go-Getter? Brain Chemical May Tell. | Mar 25, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: MedicineNet.com - Medical Definition of Dopamine. | Mar 25, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences - What Dopamine Does in the Brain. | Mar 25, 2018 | ||
| Added information on dopamine-receptor agonists. | Nov 16, 2017 | ||
| Added mention of the involvement of dopamine in psychotic syndromes and reward-related behaviour. |
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May 23, 2016 | |
| Media added. | Apr 13, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Texas at Austin - Dopamine. | Dec 08, 2011 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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