Effect of gender on bone turnover in adult rats during simulated weightlessness

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1775-1780

  Hefferan, T E ^a   Evans, G L ^a   Lotinun, S ^a   Zhang, M ^a   Morey Holton, E ^b   Turner, R T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone formation; Bone resorption; Disuse osteoporosis; Rat bone; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; MESSENGER RNA; OSTEOCALCIN; OSTEONECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MATRIX; BONE TURNOVER; CANCELLOUS BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPACE FLIGHT; TIBIA; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0142211468     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00455.2002     Document Type: Article

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