Usage Note
Dopamine is used in French in the same neuroscience and popular-science contexts as in English. The phrase pic de dopamine ('dopamine spike') appears frequently in wellness and psychology writing. It is feminine: une dopamine.
Examples
"La dopamine régule le plaisir."
Natural Translation
Dopamine regulates pleasure.

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