Oxytocin and Social Cognition

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether oxytocin influences memory of social stimuli and reaction to social stimuli. Furthermore the investigators explore the effect of oxytocin receptor (OXTR) polymorphism in terms of behavioral and neural 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

• MRI contraindication