Vitamin D Status and Bone and Connective Tissue Turnover in Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) during Hibernation and the Active State

BACKGROUND: Extended physical inactivity causes disuse osteoporosis in humans. In contrast, brown bears (Ursus arctos) are highly immobilised for half of the year during hibernation without signs of bone loss and therefore may serve as a model for prevention of osteoporosis. AIM: To study 25-hydroxy...

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Autores principales: Vestergaard, Peter, Støen, Ole-Gunnar, Swenson, Jon E., Mosekilde, Leif, Heickendorff, Lene, Fröbert, Ole
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021483

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021483

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