Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AASs) are frequently misused. To determine causes of death, characteristics, toxicology, and pathology of AAS positive cases, all cases (n = 24) presenting to the New South Wales Department of Forensic Medicine (1995-2012) were retrieved. All were male, and the mean age was 31.7 years. Deaths were mainly due to accidental drug toxicity (62.5%), then suicide (16.7%)...

Introduction The distinct stages of the wound healing following teeth extraction were established through several clinic[1], radiographic[2, 3, 4, 5, 6] and histological[7, 2, 3, 8, 4, 9, 10] studies. It is recognized, however, that metabolic changes take place during and after surgical procedures, which must be studied in connection with healing processes. The anabolic steroids because of thei...

Alcohol dependence and alcoholism are modulated by environmental factors and genetic predisposition. Rat models have been invaluable in the investigation of several aspects of alcoholism in humans. The rodents exhibit a wide range of genetically determined alcohol-drinking preferences. Selective rat breeding programs with different alcohol preference has produced stable lines of rats that relia...

The illicit use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) among adolescents and young adults is a major concern due to the unknown unpredictable impact AAS on developing brain consequences this mental health, cognitive function behaviour. present study aimed investigate effects supra-physiological doses four structurally different (testosterone, nandrolone, stanozolol trenbolone) neurite developmen...