Physiological skeletal gains and losses in rat mothers during pregnancy and lactation are not observed following uteroplacental insufficiency

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 385-394

  Romano, Tania ^a,b,c   Wark, John D ^a,b   Wlodek, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone; Growth restriction; Perinatal; PQCT

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LACTATION; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; TERM BIRTH; TRABECULAR BONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; FEMALE; LACTATION; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84896345008     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD12378     Document Type: Article

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