Black bear femoral geometry and cortical porosity are not adversely affected by ageing despite annual periods of disuse (hibernation)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-169

  McGee, Meghan E ^a   Miller, Danielle L ^a   Auger, Janene ^b   Black, Hal L ^b   Donahue, Seth W ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Black bear; Cortical bone; Disuse osteoporosis; Porosity

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BONE MATURATION; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR; GEOMETRY; HIBERNATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; MALE; POROSITY; URSIDAE;

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 33846487401     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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