Effects of space food bar feeding on bone mass and metabolism in normal and unloaded rats

Nutrition Research

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1309-1318

  Zérath, Erik ^a   Holy, Xavier ^a   André, Catherine ^a   Renault, Sylvie ^a  

^a IMASSA   (France)

Author keywords

Bone; Rat; Space food bar; Spaceflight; Unloading

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASH; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; BONE GROWTH; BONE MASS; BONE METABOLISM; BONE MINERAL; CANCELLOUS BONE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPACE FLIGHT; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; EATING; FOOD, FORMULATED; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPACE FLIGHT; TIBIA; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; FRAXINUS;

EID: 0036845320     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(02)00431-1     Document Type: Article

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