Sympathetic nervous system as transmitter of mechanical loading in bone

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 515-519

  Levasseur, Régis ^a,b   Sabatier, Jean Pierre ^b,c   Potrel Burgot, Céline ^b   Lecoq, Bertrand ^a,b   Creveuil, Christian ^c   Marcelli, Christian ^a,b  

^a CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Hind limb unloading; Mechanical load; Propranolol; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROPRANOLOL;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; METAPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PERFORMANCE; RAT; TAIL; TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0346102681     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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