Mammalian hibernation as a model of disuse osteoporosis: The effects of physical inactivity on bone metabolism, structure, and strength

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  McGee Lawrence, Meghan E ^a   Carey, Hannah V ^b   Donahue, Seth W ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bear; Calcium; Recycling; Remodeling; Torpor

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEAR; BONE METABOLISM; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCIUM EXCRETION; HAMSTER; HIBERNATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAMMAL; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUIRREL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; CALCIUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; HIBERNATION; HORMONES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISORDERS, ATROPHIC; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OSTEOPOROSIS; RATS; SEASONS; URSIDAE;

EID: 57749168406     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90648.2008     Document Type: Review

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