In healthy young women, intranasal oxytocin did not seem to alter responses to virtual social rejection versus placebo.
In plain wordsIn healthy young women, nasal oxytocin did not seem to change responses to online social rejection compared with placebo.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- No significant changeNeurobehavioral responses to virtual social rejection
- Study
n = 43
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Anxiety and mood · Mental health and mood
- Studied dose
- 24 IU · intranasalAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
Oxytocin did not seem to alter responses to social rejection.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Motivational and physiological reactions were investigated in 43 healthy young women undergoing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), of which 22 received 24 international units (IU) intranasal oxytocin and 21 received placebo.