Peripheral Oxytocin and Touch

Inclusion criteria

• Between the ages of 18 and 65 years old
• Fluent in English
• Healthy

Exclusion criteria

• Sensory or motor nerve deficit
• Acute or chronic pain
• Major medical conditions such as kidney, liver, cardiovascular (hypertension, preexisting cardiac arrhythmia), autonomic, pulmonary, or neurological problems (e.g., seizure disorder) or a chronic systemic disease (e.g., diabetes).
• Any disease, diagnosis, or condition (medical or surgical) that, in the opinion of the Principal Investigator, would place the subject at increased risk (active gynecologic disease in which increased tone would be detrimental e.g., uterine fibroids with ongoing bleeding), compromise the subject's compliance with study procedures, or compromise the quality of the data
• Unstable psychiatric conditions
• Needle phobia or history of fainting
• Current use of opiate medication(s)
• Hypersensitivity, allergy, or significant reaction to any ingredient of Pitocin®
• Currently pregnant or pregnant within the last two years
• Currently nursing or lactating
• Current or history of ventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation or prolonged QT interval
• Past or current history of hyponatremia or at risk for hyponatremia
• Current use of thiazide diuretics, loop diuretics, combination diuretics, lithium, carbamazepine, enalapril, Ramipril, celecoxib, temazepam, gliclazide, glimepiride, glibenclamide, glipizide, omeprazole, pantoprazole, desmopressin, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, monoamine oxidase inhibitora, or the recreational drug ecstasy
• Latex allergy