Dopamine circuits are involved in motivation and reward, flagging potential rewards, experiencing reward, and driving motivation.

“Dopamine & the circuits involved are spectacular. It controls many functions but within pathways related to motivation & reward it flags the presence of a potential reward, reward itself & it drives motivation.”

“the way that the dopamine circuitry is arranged is that it's not just about pleasure as you know it's about motivation desire Pursuit and pleasure and it also has everything to do with pain and discomfort”

“many people are interested in dopamine we all make dopamine it's involved in motivation drive and focus and reward all sorts of things that we hear a lot about these days”

“Dopamine is often thought of as the molecule of pleasure and reward, but actually it is the molecule of motivation.”