催产剂种类有绒毛膜促性腺激素（HCG），促黄体素释放激素类似物（LHRH～A2）、马来酸地欧酮（DOM）。单独使用剂量为：HCG5IU/g～10IU/g，LHRH～A20.01μg/g～0.02μg/g;混合使用剂量为DOM0.003mg/g～0.005mg/g＋LHRH～A20.005μg/g。雄鱼减半。注射方法则采用一次注射，催产剂用0.9%生理盐水稀释，现配现用，药液量按每尾0.2mL配制。注射部位为背部肌肉，针与鱼体成45度角，进针深度0.3cm～0.4cm，注射后将亲鱼放入网箱中。
在这一“金钱游戏”中，精神状态健康的参与者吸入后叶催产素后表现的较吸入安慰剂的参照组更为合作。
Psychiatrically healthy players became more cooperative in the money game after getting oxytocin, relative to their placebo responses.
与吸入安慰剂的个体相比较，那些对自己与母亲的关系进行积极评价的人，在吸入后叶催产素后，将母亲回忆为一个本质上给予更多关爱与鼓励的人。
Those who described good maternal relationships remembered mom as substantially more caring and supportive after receiving oxytocin, compared with after inhaling a placebo spray.
催产素被证明可以助推利他主义。一项研究表明，接受催产素的受试者比接受安慰剂的受试者慷慨80%。
Oxytocin has been shown to boost altruism. In one study, participants who received oxytocin were 80% more generous than others who received a placebo.
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