Influence of steroids on brain

If you read news about steroids, you can claim that almost each article mentions about “roid rage” which is considered to be one of the gravest side results of these preparations. Anabolic steroids are demonized for numerous violations, murders and other crimes. It is noticed that these drugs may lead to uncontrolled aggression which leads to abnormal behavior. However it is not proven scientifically whether steroids can actually cause “roid rage”, media notes about this unwanted effect too frequently. Unluckily, some other severe undesirable reactions are rarely mentioned in articles.
Teenagers should be especially warned about several specific undesirable results which can trouble them, if they take steroids in their teen years. The specialists Leslie Henderson and Ann Clark of the Giesel School of Medicine in Dartmouth note that these drugs can have very negative influence on teenagers’ brains. These professors have conducted several studies and made conclusions, basing on the results of their researches. These experts affirm that steroids can cause in teenagers something more serious than uncontrolled aggression.
According to Leslie Henderson and Ann Clark, steroids are very dangerous for teenagers because this class of users may face some specific severe side reactions that don’t trouble adult consumers of steroids. The professors note that steroids may affect the brain in teenagers. So, the brain’s structure and functions can be destroyed in adolescents because of steroids. Moreover, these undesirable reactions may be irreversible. It means that brain’s disorders which are shown through uncontrolled behavior may present even when the teenagers grow up. Thus, negative psychological effects may be displayed even in their adulthood.
But it is necessary to notice that the studies conducted by Leslie Henderson and Ann Clark have enrolled animals. Thus, the conclusions have been done 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. Nevertheless, Leslie Henderson is sure that these conclusions are true for humans too.
Moreover, it has been determined that undesirable consequences of steroids on adolescents are more lasting than those which appear in adult consumers of steroids.
Leslie Henderson works together with such scientists, as Marie Onakomaiya, Donna Porter and Joseph Oberlander.
Leslie Henderson confirms that it is evident that steroids affect adolescents’ behavior. As we know, behavior is controlled by brain. Since behavior is abnormal, the brain’s structure and functions have certain disorders.
Thus, it is important to educate teenagers about all potential dangers connected with administration of steroids. If they know about these potential undesirable consequences, they will be capable to make a right decision related to steroids.