Bone loss during simulated weightlesshess: A biomechanical and mineralization study in the rat model

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 586-592

  Garber, Mitchell A ^a,d   McDowell, David L ^b   Hutton, William C ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone; Minerals; Rats; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMINERALIZATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; NONHUMAN; PERIOSTEUM; RAT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; BONE RESORPTION; CALCIUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; HOMEOSTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034043763     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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