Steroids affect brain in adolescent consumers of steroids

If you are interested in news about steroids, you can confirm that almost each article mentions about “roid rage” that is claimed to be one of the gravest negative results of these medications. Anabolic steroids are blamed for certain violations, murders and other crimes. It is confirmed that these products may cause uncontrolled aggression that leads to abnormal behavior. However it is not proven scientifically whether steroids can really cause “roid rage”, media notices about this negative result too often. Unluckily, some other serious undesirable reactions are rarely mentioned in news.
Teenagers must be especially warned about some specific negative results that can appear in them, if they apply steroids in their adolescent years. The specialists Leslie Henderson and Ann Clark of the Giesel School of Medicine in Dartmouth notice that these medicines may have very negative influence on adolescents’ brains. These scientists have conducted several researches and made conclusions, basing on the results of their researches. These professors confirm that steroids may cause in adolescents something more serious than uncontrolled aggression.
According to Leslie Henderson and Ann Clark, steroids are very dangerous for teenagers because this class of consumers may face some specific serious adverse reactions that don’t appear in adult consumers of steroids. The experts notice that steroids may affect the brain in adolescents. So, the brain’s structure and functions can be destroyed in teenagers because of steroids. Moreover, these adverse reactions may be permanent. It means that brain’s disorders which are manifested through unusual behavior may present even when the adolescents grow up. Thus, side psychological effects may be displayed even in their adulthood.
But it is necessary to mention that the studies conducted by Leslie Henderson and Ann Clark have enrolled animals. Thus, these statements are made on the basis of animals’ reactions to steroid use. One may doubt whether effects of steroids on teenagers’ brains are the same as those on animals. Nevertheless, Leslie Henderson is sure that these conclusions are true for humans as well.
Furthermore, it has been defined that side consequences of steroids on teenagers are more lasting than those that appear in adult consumers of steroids.
Leslie Henderson works together with such specialists, as Marie Onakomaiya, Donna Porter and Joseph Oberlander.
Leslie Henderson states that it is seen that steroids affect teenagers’ behavior. As we know, the brain controls behavior. Since behavior is abnormal, the brain’s structure and functions have certain disorders.
Thus, it is important to teach adolescents about all potential risks connected with steroid use. If they know about these potential negative consequences, they will be able to make a right decision linked with steroids.