(Photo credit: Moment/Getty Images) Anabolic steroids are drugs made in a lab that mimic the naturally occurring male sex hormones called androgens. Testosterone is the primary type of androgen.

Anabolic androgenic ... brain." Steroid hormones readily enter the brain, and receptors for sex hormones are found throughout the brain. Because AAS are administered at much higher doses than ...

They promote growth of skeletal muscle (anabolic effect) and the development of male sexual characteristics (androgenic ... that anabolic steroid abuse-particularly in high doses-promotes ...

Anabolic-androgenic ... well-calculated doses of AAS can be significantly safer than uncontrolled doses associated with abuse, no studies have compared the safety of different steroid doses.

Anabolic steroids, also called anabolic-androgenic steroids (AASs), can help ... meaning a person needs to take higher doses to achieve the same effects. They may even cause the body to stop ...

The term "steroids" is largely used to describe anabolic androgenic steroids ... which refers to when users start with a low dose and gradually increase to a maximum dose in attempts.

Young men who use anabolic-androgenic steroids ... The findings, researchers say, suggest that “supraphysiologic doses of testosterone and synthetic steroids could have adverse impacts in coronary ...

CHICAGO – Men who illicitly used anabolic-androgenic steroids to bulk up and then turned ... whether PCT is truly effective, the optimal doses, and whether the treatments are safe.

Anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) users had a higher risk for ... This study lacked information about the dosage and duration of AAS use. Due to the illegal nature of AAS use, unmeasured ...