Bone mechanotransduction may require augmentation in order to strengthen the senescent skeleton

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 353-360

  Srinivasan, Sundar ^a   Gross, Ted S ^a   Bain, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related; Exercise; Mechanotransduction; Periosteal modeling; Pharmaceutical augmentation

Indexed keywords

AGING; BONE CONDUCTION; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXERCISE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERIOSTEUM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETON;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE REMODELING; CELL AGING; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; OSTEOGENESIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84860919988     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2011.12.007     Document Type: Review

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