Neural Correlates of Empathogenic and Affiliative Actions of Oxytocin

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

Mounting evidence indicates that the intranasal administration of the neuropeptide oxytocin has prosocial effects. However, the neural substrates of these effects are still unclear. The investigators hypothesized that a single dose administration of oxytocin should increase empathogenic and affiliative responses and that these effects are mediated by an increased insula activity.

• Phase: Early Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Bonn
• Treatments: Oxytocin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy male volunteers

• In a heterosexual relationship

Exclusion Criteria:

• Current or past psychiatric disease

• Current or past physical illness

• Psychoactive medication

• Tobacco smokers