Effects of Experimental Bipedalism on the Growth of the Femur and Tibia in Normal and Hypophysectomized Rats
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Cells Tissues Organs
- Vol. 114 (4) , 321-329
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000145604
Abstract
Male and female Sprague-Dawley rats were used to see if increased, intermittent, compressive forces, produced by experimental bipedalism would have a compensatory effect on hypophysectomy – a situatioKeywords
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