Question

Dopamine is one of the main chemicals in the brain associated with love attraction. It is produced by the hypothalamus, and while spending time with loved ones, high levels of dopamine can flood into the brain making us giddy, energetic, and euphoric. Specific synapses are targeted by dopamine and local concentrations around these synapses can get as high as 0.050 M. Dopamine is also a weak base (as it has an amine as part of the molecule) with a Kb = 7.94×10-4. What is the local pH around the synapses that get flooded with dopamine?

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