Exercise mitigates the stunting effect of cold temperature on limb elongation in mice by increasing solute delivery to the growth plate

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1869-1879

  Serrat, Maria A ^a,b   Williams, Rebecca M ^c   Farnum, Cornelia E ^b  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Biomedical Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Cartilage; Multiphoton microscopy; Nutrient supply; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; C57BL MOUSE; COLD; DISEASE MODEL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMUR; GROWTH PLATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HINDLIMB; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TAIL; TIBIA; TIME;

ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; COLD TEMPERATURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; GROWTH PLATE; HINDLIMB; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXERTION; TAIL; TIBIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78651287518     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01022.2010     Document Type: Article

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