Testosterone dose dependently prevents bone and muscle loss in rodents after spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 834-845

  Yarrow, Joshua F ^a,b   Conover, Christine F ^a   Beggs, Luke A ^a,b   Beck, Darren T ^a   Otzel, Dana M ^a   Balaez, Alexander ^a   Combs, Sarah M ^a   Miller, Julie R ^a   Ye, Fan ^a,b   Aguirre, J Ignacio ^b   Neuville, Kathleen G ^b   Williams, Alyssa A ^b   Conrad, Bryan P ^c   Gregory, Chris M ^d,e   Wronski, Thomas J ^b   Bose, Prodip K ^b   Borst, Stephen E ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

androgen; microCT; osteoporosis; sex steroids; skeletal

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; ESTRADIOL; OSTEOCALCIN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE TURNOVER; BRAIN CONTUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; INJURY SEVERITY; LAMINECTOMY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE LOSS; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PROSTATE WEIGHT; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRABECULAR BONE; TRABECULAR THICKNESS (BONE); TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; ANIMAL; ATROPHY; BONE; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84899087801     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2013.3155     Document Type: Article

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