Endocrine Abstracts

Background and Objective: Information on the long-term effects of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) use on the myocellular properties of human skeletal muscle is scarce, despite being the primary target of AAS. Animal studies suggest persistence of upregulated myonuclei numbers following AAS discontinuation. Few human studies have investigated the effects of AAS on human skeletal muscle cell morphology and exclusively focused on current AAS users. No data exist elucidating th...