Brain’s disorders and steroid use by teenagers

If you belong to those that read news about steroids, you can claim that almost each article notices about “roid rage” that is claimed to be one of the severest adverse effects of these drugs. Anabolic steroids are demonized for many violations, murders and other crimes. It is claimed that these medications can lead to uncontrolled aggression which is responsible for abnormal behavior. However it is not proven scientifically whether steroids may really lead to “roid rage”, media notes about this negative reaction too frequently. Unluckily, certain other dangerous adverse consequences are rarely mentioned in news.
Teenagers should be especially informed about several specific unwanted results that can affect them, if they administer steroids in their teen years. The specialists Leslie Henderson and Ann Clark of the Giesel School of Medicine in Dartmouth confirm that these medicines can have very negative impact on teenagers’ brains. These scientists have conducted several studies and made conclusions, basing on the results of their researches. These professors claim that steroids can cause in adolescents something graver than uncontrolled aggression.
According to Leslie Henderson and Ann Clark, steroids are too dangerous for adolescents because this group of users may face several specific dangerous unwanted results that don’t trouble adult steroid users. The professors affirm that steroids may affect the brain in teenagers. Thus, the brain’s structure and functions can be destroyed in teenagers because of steroids. Moreover, these negative effects may be permanent. It means that brain’s dysfunctions that are displayed through abnormal 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 note that the studies conducted by Leslie Henderson and Ann Clark have enrolled animals. Thus, these affirmations are made on the basis of animals’ reactions to steroid use. One can doubt whether effects of steroids on adolescents’ brains are the same as those on animals. Nevertheless, Leslie Henderson is sure that these statements are true for humans too.
Moreover, it has been defined that unwanted results of steroids on adolescents are more lasting than those that trouble adult steroid users.
Leslie Henderson works together with such scientists, as Marie Onakomaiya, Donna Porter and Joseph Oberlander.
Leslie Henderson claims 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.
So, it is important to inform adolescents about all probable risks related to application of steroids. If they know about these probable adverse results, they will be able to make a right decision linked with steroids.