Kangaroo rat bone compared to white rat bone after short-term disuse and exercise

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 355-361

  Muths, E ^a   Reichman, O J ^b  

^a US National Biological Service   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipodomys ordii; disuse; femur; kangaroo rat; osteoporosis; Rattus norvegicus; tibia; white rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0030222274     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(96)00025-4     Document Type: Article

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