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The Influence of Oxytocin on the Processing of Social Contact

NCT01939639 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2013-09-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Social touch can convey the most potent and salient of socio-emotional signals. While the hypothalamic peptide oxytocin (OXT) has been identified as a key neurochemical mediator of grooming in some other social species, its modulatory influence on human interpersonal touch is unknown. The investigators expect that OXT augments the hedonic value of touch and that this behavioral effect is paralleled at the neural level by an increased response in brain areas mediating rewarding aspects of social touch.

Conditions

  • Healthy Male Volunteers

Interventions

DRUG

Placebo

intranasal application, sodium chloride solution, 3 puffs per nostril

DRUG

Oxytocin

24 IU Oxytocin, intranasal application 45 min prior to the experiment

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Bonn

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2013-06-30
Completion
2013-08-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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