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Investigating anabolic-androgenic steroid dependence and muscle dysmorphia with network analysis among male weightlifters

BMC Psychiatry, 2023
Background Anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) dependence has numerous adverse health consequences, and may be driven in part by body image concerns, primarily muscle dysmorphia. This study aims to further understand and identify potential clinical targets
Morgan Scarth, Lars T. Westlye, Ingrid A. Havnes, Astrid Bjørnebekk   +3 more
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Follistatin Protein Enhances Satellite Cell Counts in Reinnervated Muscle

Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury, 2022
Background Muscle recovery following peripheral nerve repair is sup-optimal. Follistatin (FST), a potent muscle stimulant, enhances muscle size and satellite cell counts following reinnervation when administered as recombinant FST DNA via viral vectors ...
Mark A. Feger, Jonathan Isaacs, Satya Mallu, Dorne Yager, Mary Shall, Gaurangkumar Patel, Omar Protzuk, Akhil S. Bokkisam   +7 more
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Health service engagement, side effects and concerns among men with anabolic-androgenic steroid use: a cross-sectional Norwegian study

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2023
Background Recreational use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) is a public health concern world-wide associated with a range of physical and psychological side effects. Still, people who use AAS tend to be reluctant to seek treatment.
Hans Christian Bordado Henriksen, Ingrid Amalia Havnes, Marie Lindvik Jørstad, Astrid Bjørnebekk   +3 more
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Evaluation of Growth Performance, Efficiency of Dietary Net Energy Utilization, and Carcass Trait Responses of Heavy Finishing Lambs Administered 12 mg of Zeranol Subcutaneously in the Ear 59 d before Harvest

Ruminants, 2023
The objective of this research was to determine the influence of implanting heavy wether lambs with 12 mg of zeranol (1 pellet Ralgro, Merck Animal Health. Madison, NJ, USA) 59 d before harvest.
Emily R. Nold, Thomas C. Norman, Warren C. Rusche, Rosemarie A. Nold, Zachary K. Smith   +4 more
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Clustering psychopathology in male anabolic–androgenic steroid users and nonusing weightlifters

Brain and Behavior, 2023
Introduction Prior research has demonstrated that personality disorders and clinical psychiatric syndromes are common among users of anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS). However, the prevalence, expression, and severity of psychopathology differ among AAS
Marie Lindvik Jørstad, Morgan Scarth, Svenn Torgersen, Harrison Graham Pope, Astrid Bjørnebekk   +4 more
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Anabolic Therapies [PDF]

Current Osteoporosis Reports, 2010
The striking clinical benefits of intermittent parathyroid hormone in osteoporosis have begun a new era of skeletal anabolic agents. Recombinant human parathyroid hormone (rhPTH) (1-34) is the first US Food and Drug Administration-approved anabolic therapy. Its use has been limited by the need for subcutaneous injection.
Lane, Nancy E., Silverman, Stuart L.
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20-Hydroxyecdysone, from Plant Extracts to Clinical Use: Therapeutic Potential for the Treatment of Neuromuscular, Cardio-Metabolic and Respiratory Diseases

Biomedicines, 2021
There is growing interest in the pharmaceutical and medical applications of 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E), a polyhydroxylated steroid which naturally occurs in low but very significant amounts in invertebrates, where it has hormonal roles, and in certain ...
Laurence Dinan, Waly Dioh, Stanislas Veillet, Rene Lafont   +3 more
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Growth Hormone(s), Testosterone, Insulin-Like Growth Factors, and Cortisol: Roles and Integration for Cellular Development and Growth With Exercise

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2020
Hormones are largely responsible for the integrated communication of several physiological systems responsible for modulating cellular growth and development.
William J. Kraemer, Nicholas A. Ratamess, Wesley C. Hymer, Bradley C. Nindl, Maren S. Fragala   +4 more
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Effect of orchidectomized and exogenous administration of testosterone on the quantification of platelets in male wistar rats

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2021
Introduction: Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) modify the physiological functioning of the cardiovascular system and have possible effects on the origin of cardiovascular thrombosis.
Milagros A. Fuentes Vargas, Lilian C. Lovón Caso, Marcia A. Paredes Salazar, Jheydi A. Cahuana Gutierrez, Ana M. Apaza Choquehuanca, Karla E. Torres Chavez   +5 more
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Ecdysteroids: A novel class of anabolic agents? [PDF]

, 2015
Increasing numbers of dietary supplements with ecdysteroids are marketed as “natural anabolic agents”. Results of recent studies suggested that their anabolic effect is mediated by estrogen receptor (ER) binding. Within this study the anabolic potency of
BOTRE', Francesco, Parr, M. K.,  Diel, P,  Hengevoss, J.,  Naß, A,  Wolber G.   +5 more
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