Oxytocin's Effects on Emotional Processing and Its Acting Routes

ConditionHealthy Adult Male

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexMale

Age18-30

SponsorUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China

About this trial

The main goal of this study is to investigate the modulatory effects of intranasally administrated oxytocin on the processing of emotional stimuli and its acting routes.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Healthy subjects without past or current psychiatric or neurological disorders

Disqualifiers

History of head injury.

Medical or psychiatric illness.

Subjects take a certain drug for a long period of time.

Subjects have metal implants in their bodies.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

placebo (compared to vasoconstrictor)
vasoconstrictor (Otrivin)
placebo (compared to oxytocin)
oxytocin

Treatment groups

120 Participants

are divided into 3 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov