Brain’s structure and functions and steroid use in teen years

If you read news about steroids, you may claim that almost every article notes about “roid rage” that is claimed to be one of the most dangerous adverse results of these medicines. Anabolic steroids are demonized for many violations, murders and other crimes. It is noticed that these medicines can lead to uncontrolled aggression that leads to abnormal behavior. However it is not proven scientifically whether steroids may actually cause “roid rage”, media mentions about this negative consequence too often. Unluckily, some other serious undesirable reactions are rarely mentioned in news.
Teenagers should be especially warned about several specific negative reactions that may appear in them, if they use steroids in their teen years. The professors Leslie Henderson and Ann Clark of the Giesel School of Medicine in Dartmouth note that these preparations can have very negative impact on adolescents’ brains. These specialists have conducted some researches and made conclusions, basing on the results of their researches. These specialists notice that steroids can cause in adolescents something more dangerous than uncontrolled aggression.
According to Leslie Henderson and Ann Clark, steroids are too dangerous for teenagers because this group of consumers may face certain specific serious adverse results that don’t trouble adult consumers of steroids. The experts note that steroids can affect the brain in adolescents. So, the brain’s structure and functions may be destroyed in teenagers because of steroids. Moreover, these negative consequences may be irreversible. It means that brain’s dysfunctions which are manifested through uncontrolled behavior may present even when the adolescents grow up. Thus, side psychological effects may be manifested even in their adulthood.
But it is necessary to notice that the studies conducted by Leslie Henderson and Ann Clark have enrolled animals. So, these affirmations are made on the basis of animals’ reactions to steroid use. One may doubt whether effects of steroids on adolescents’ brains are the same as those on animals. Nonetheless, Leslie Henderson is sure that these statements are true for humans too.
Moreover, it has been defined that undesirable effects of steroids on teenagers are more lasting than those that appear in adult consumers of steroids.
Leslie Henderson collaborates in her researches with such scientists, as Marie Onakomaiya, Donna Porter and Joseph Oberlander.
Leslie Henderson claims that it is evident that steroids affect teenagers’ behavior. As we know, behavior is controlled by brain. Since behavior is abnormal, the brain’s structure and functions have certain disorders.
So, it is important to warn adolescents about all possible dangers connected with administration of steroids. If they know about these possible negative effects, they will be capable to make a right decision linked with steroids.