Gender- and Compartment-Specific Bone Loss in C57BL/6J Mice: Correlation to Season?

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-94

  Delahunty, K M ^a   Horton, L G ^a   Coombs III, H F ^a   Shultz, K L ^a   Svenson, K L ^a   Marion, M A ^a   Holick, M F ^b   Beamer, W G ^a   Rosen, C J ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone compartment; bone mineral density; gender; laboratory mouse; seasonal

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; OSTEOCALCIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRAP5B PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMUR; GENDER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PARAMETER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX; SKELETON; SUMMER; TRABECULAR BONE; UNITED STATES; VOLUMETRY; WINTER;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D 2; ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; OSTEOCALCIN; SEASONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58949098771     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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