Effects of oxytocin administration and conditioned oxytocin on brain activity: An fMRI study.

ABSTRACT: It has been demonstrated that secretion of several hormones can be classically conditioned, however, the underlying brain responses of such conditioning have never been investigated before. In this study we aimed to investigate how oxytocin administration and classically conditioned oxytocin influence brain responses. In total, 88 females were allocated to one of three groups: oxytocin administration, conditioned oxytocin, or placebo, and underwent an experiment consisting of three acquisition and three evocation days. Participants in the conditioned group received 24 IU of oxytocin together with a conditioned stimulus (CS) during three acquisition days and placebo with the CS on three evocation days. The oxytocin administration group received 24 IU of oxytocin and the placebo group receiv

SUBMITTER: Skvortsova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7082015 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature