Polar bears (Ursus maritimus), the most evolutionary advanced hibernators, avoid significant bone loss during hibernation

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-208

  Lennox, Alanda R ^a,b   Goodship, Allen E ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone turnover; Disuse osteopenia; Environmental adaptation; Evolution; Hibernation; Mechanical unloading; Osteoporosis; Polar bear

Indexed keywords

OSTEOCALCIN; PROCOLLAGEN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE TURNOVER; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; POLAR BEAR;

ANIMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BONE DEMINERALIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; BONE RESORPTION; COLLAGEN TYPE I; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES; PREGNANCY; PROCOLLAGEN; URSIDAE;

EID: 38649084064     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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