Pharmacological Topics of Bone Metabolism: The Physiological Function of the Sympathetic Nervous System in Modulating Bone Resorption

The vertebrate skeleton is richly innervated with adrenergic and peptidergic nerve terminals, and these play important roles in bone remodeling. Recent studies have generally shown that increased sympathetic nervous activity causes bone loss via an increase in bone resorption and a decrease in bone...

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Main Authors: Akifumi Togari, Michitsugu Arai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319314719