High doses of anabolic androgenic steroid are associated with changes in personality, e.g. increased aggression and irritability, behavioural changes that may be linked to structural changes in the hippocampus. In this in vivo study we demonstrate acute effects of a single injection of 19-nortestosterone on proteins that play a major role in molecular plasticity at synaptic connections. The ste...

Testosterone is a lipid-soluble molecule synthesized mainly from cholesterol in the testes, ovaries, and adrenal glands and is important for spermatogenesis and the development of both primary and secondary male sex characteristics. Anabolic steroids, which have similar properties to testosterone, are commonly taken by athletes and body builders to increase performance, however, they possess da...

over the four decades, a significant decrease has been observed in age-related mortality caused by cardiovascular disease. people in developing countries suffer from cad at a relatively younger age and about half of mi occurs under the age of fifty years. abuse of anabolic steroids is one of the less common causes of atherosclerosis. in this report, a 23-year-old body builder male referred to e...

Sir Peripheral nerve injuries from intramuscular injections are recognized complications when administering drugs in a healthcare setting. I report two cases of possible peripheral nerve damage in people illicitly injecting anabolic steroids into the gluteal region for improvement in muscular strength and size. This report concerns two men who attended the same needle exchange scheme to obtain ...

OBJECTIVE To report on the management of five cases of pyomyositis in athletes after the use of anabolic steroids. METHOD Over the past 10 years, five cases of athletes who developed pyomyositis after using anabolic steroids were attended at the Sports Trauma Center (CETE), EPM-UNIFESP. RESULTS All the patients were diagnosed clinically and through laboratory and imaging tests. Surgical tre...