Steroids Boost Brain Chemicals
Medical Science Sports Excercise, 35: 32-38, 2003
Any bodybuilder who has taken growth hormone and anabolic steroids knows
that steroids provide a training boost. Studies by Gideon Arial in the 1970s
suggested steroids also improve nervous system performance. The brain and
nervous system are difficult to study, so few people followed up on Arial's
early work. Researchers from Japan and UCLA found that nandrolone decanoate
(Deca) increased brain levels of chemicals called adrenergic and serotonergic
amines that contribute to aggressive behavior and improve performance. Brain
levels of norepinephrine, an important hormone for "fight-or-flight," increased
by 200 percent. This study confimed that steroids do more than increase muscle
size and strength-- they help atheletes train harder.
Medical Science Sports Excercise, 35: 32-38, 2003
Any bodybuilder who has taken growth hormone and anabolic steroids knows
that steroids provide a training boost. Studies by Gideon Arial in the 1970s
suggested steroids also improve nervous system performance. The brain and
nervous system are difficult to study, so few people followed up on Arial's
early work. Researchers from Japan and UCLA found that nandrolone decanoate
(Deca) increased brain levels of chemicals called adrenergic and serotonergic
amines that contribute to aggressive behavior and improve performance. Brain
levels of norepinephrine, an important hormone for "fight-or-flight," increased
by 200 percent. This study confimed that steroids do more than increase muscle
size and strength-- they help atheletes train harder.