Oxytocin Modulation of Startle Reactivity to Social Stimuli and Moral Decision Making

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether oxytocin affects the modulation of startle reactivity by aversive social stimuli and to investigate the oxytocin effect on moral judgements. Furthermore the investigators explore the effects of oxytocin receptor (OXTR) polymorphisms on behavioral responses to social stimuli.

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

Details

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

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy male volunteers

Exclusion Criteria:

• Current or past psychiatric disease

• Current or past physical illness

• Psychoactive medication

• Tobacco smokers