The Effects of Oxytocin on Social Touch

Unknown 50 enrolled University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

RandomizedCrossoverTriple-blindBasic science

Summary

The main aim of the study is to investigate whether intranasal oxytocin (24IU) can enhance hedonic experience and associated brain-reward reward responses to social touch.

Timeline

Start: 2017-08-28
Primary completion: 2019-08
Completion: 2019-10

Publications

Chen Y, Li Q, Zhang Q, Kou J, Zhang Y, Cui H, Wernicke J, Montag C, Becker B, Kendrick KM, Yao S. The Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin on Neural and Behavioral Responses to Social Touch in the Form of Massage. Front Neurosci. 2020 Dec 4;14:589878. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.589878. eCollection 2020.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Oxytocin	Peptide	24 iu	Intranasal

Indications

No indication recorded.