Anabolic-androgenic steroid use among bodybuilders in Erbil city
Zanco Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021 Background and objective: Anabolic-androgenic steroids are synthetic testosterone derivatives with a longer duration of action than physiological androgens. They are abused by bodybuilders because of their potential to enhance muscle strength.
Ramadhan Khidhir Ahmed +3 more
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Quality in Sport, 2023 Introduction: The use of anabolic androgenic steroids is particularly common in regular gyms and fitness centres participants. AAS are usually synthetic derivatives of testosterone with anabolic and androgenic effect. However, many people, including AAS
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Anabolic-androgenic steroids. Mechanism of action and clinical effects
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023 Introduction and aim. Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) are used for the rapid enhancement of muscular mass and optimization of athletic performance. Their administration is frequently linked with a plethora of adverse health implications.
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Ventricular androgenic-anabolic steroid-related remodeling: an immunohistochemical study [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Several fatal cases of bodybuilders, following a myocardial infarction after long exposure to androgenicanabolic steroids (AAS), are reported. In recent years, evidence has emerged of cases of heart failure related to AAS consumption, with no
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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
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Anabolic androgenic steroids reverse the beneficial effect of exercise on tendon biomechanics: An experimental study [PDF]
, 2013 Background The effect of anabolic androgenic steroids on tendons has not yet been fully elucidated. Aim of the present study was the evaluation of the impact of anabolic androgenic steroids on the biomechanical and histological characteristics of ...
Aristides, Zoubos B. +8 more
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Theory of mind in users of anabolic androgenic steroids
Psychopharmacology, 2020 Anabolic androgenic steroids are used to improve physical performance or increase lean muscle mass. About one-third of users develop a dependency syndrome, which is characterized by elevated rates of psychopathology, cognitive impairments, and aggressive
A. Vaskinn, L. Hauger, A. Bjørnebekk
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Lipid peroxidation and apoptotic response in rat brain areas induced by long-term administration of nandrolone: the mutual crosstalk between ROS and NF-kB [PDF]
, 2016 The aim of this study was to evaluate the played by oxidative stress in the apoptotic response in different brain areas of rats chronically treated with supra-physiological doses of nandrolone decanoate (ND).
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Extraction of anabolic steroids with aqueous-organic mixtures from hexanic solutions
Журнал Белорусского государственного университета: Химия, 2022 The extraction of anabolic steroids (1,4-androstadiene-3,17-dione; 17α-methyltestosterone; 19-norethiocholanolone; 4-hydroxytestosterone; 4-androstene-3,17-dione; 5α-androstane-3β,17β-diol; dehydroepiandrosterone; calusterone; clostebol; methandienone ...
Sergey M. Leschev +3 more
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Tracking internet interest in anabolic-androgenic steroids using Google Trends [PDF]
, 2018 Background: There is a perception that the prevalence of anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) use is increasing in the UK, with consequent individual and public health risks.
Mccann, Mark, Tay Wee Teck, Joseph
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