In male combat veterans, oxytocin attenuated the increased response to combat stimuli in the posterior superior temporal sulcus compared with placebo.
In plain wordsIn male combat veterans, oxytocin reduced brain activity in a social perception area when viewing combat scenes, compared with placebo.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- DecreasepSTS response to combat stimuli in combat veterans
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Brain and neuronal activity · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
Among combat veterans, OT attenuated the increased response to combat stimuli in the posterior superior temporal sulcus (pSTS) - a hub of social perception, action observation, and mentalizing - and enhanced activation in the inferior parietal lobule (IPL) to the pleasant social scene.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Using a randomized, double-blind, within-subject design, 40 combat-trained and control male veterans underwent magnetoencephalography (MEG) twice following OT/placebo administration while viewing two social vignettes rated as highly synchronous: pleasant male social gathering and coordinated unit during combat.