Brain’s functions in teenage steroid users

If you read news about steroids, you can claim that almost every article mentions about “roid rage” which is claimed to be one of the most dangerous adverse reactions of these products. Anabolic steroids are blamed for numerous violations, murders and other crimes. It is confirmed that these preparations may cause uncontrolled aggression which leads to abnormal behavior. Although it is not proven scientifically whether steroids can really cause “roid rage”, media notices about this undesirable consequence too frequently. Unluckily, some other dangerous undesirable effects are rarely mentioned in articles.
Adolescents should be especially warned about some specific unwanted consequences that may appear in them, if they apply steroids in their teen years. The specialists Leslie Henderson and Ann Clark of the Giesel School of Medicine in Dartmouth affirm that these medicines may have very negative influence on teenagers’ brains. These professors have conducted certain studies and made conclusions, basing on the results of their studies. These experts confirm that steroids can cause in teenagers something graver than uncontrolled aggression.
According to Leslie Henderson and Ann Clark, steroids are very dangerous for adolescents because this class of users may face some specific grave negative results which don’t appear in adult consumers of steroids. The specialists claim that steroids can affect the brain in teenagers. So, the brain’s structure and functions can be destroyed in teenagers because of steroids. Furthermore, these adverse consequences may be permanent. It means that brain’s dysfunctions which are manifested through uncontrolled behavior may present even when the teenagers grow up. So, negative psychological effects may be manifested even in their adulthood.
But it is important to mention 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 can doubt whether effects of steroids on teenagers’ brains are the same as those on animals. Nonetheless, Leslie Henderson is sure that these conclusions are true for humans too.
Furthermore, it has been defined that negative effects of steroids on adolescents are more lasting than those which occur in adult consumers of steroids.
Leslie Henderson works together with such specialists, as Marie Onakomaiya, Donna Porter and Joseph Oberlander.
Leslie Henderson affirms that it is seen 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.
So, it is necessary to teach adolescents about all potential risks linked with application of steroids. If they know about these possible adverse results, they will be able to make a right decision connected with steroids.