Both amateur and professional sports have recently been rocked by the use of anabolic steroids to improve performance. But according to a new research conducted on animals, they may be addictive.
Scientists report that hamsters voluntarily infused themselves with anabolic steroids whenever they had a choice.
Both amateur and professional sports have recently been rocked by the use of anabolic steroids to improve performance. But according to a new research conducted on animals, they may be addictive.
Scientists report that hamsters voluntarily infused themselves with anabolic steroids whenever they had a choice.
According to the lead researcher Ruth Wood, a professor of cell and neurobiology at the University of Southern California, there are a lot of reasons why people take steroids. “They take steroids to improve their athletic performance or change their body shape,” she added. “But an animal has none of these motivations. They will voluntarily take steroids, which indicate to us that perhaps steroids are addictive.”
