Hindlimb unloading has a greater effect on cortical compared with cancellous bone in mature female rats

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 642-650

  Allen, Matthew R ^a   Bloomfield, Susan A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Mechanical properties; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography, histomorphometry; Simulated microgravity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE STRENGTH; BONE TURNOVER; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOOD INTAKE; GEOMETRY; HINDLIMB; MICROGRAVITY; MINERALIZATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PERIPHERAL QUANTITATIVE COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIBIA;

EID: 0037311195     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00656.2002     Document Type: Article

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