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Dopamine mediates the pleasure and reward system, greatly influencing motivation and the pursuit of rewards.

Dopamine facilitates learning by reinforcing rewarding and salient experiences, influencing memory consolidation and retrieval.

Dopamine helps regulate attention and the ability to focus, impacting cognitive functions that require sustained effort and vigilance.

Dopamine is crucial for fine-tuning motor activity and coordination, through its role in the basal ganglia.

Dopamine plays a role in executive functions, such as working memory, cognitive flexibility, and decision making.

Dopamine influences overall mood and is implicated in mood disorders, affecting emotional responses and stability.

Dopamine modulates pain perception and can both alleviate or exacerbate the sensation of pain, depending on the neural pathway activated.