The Multifactorial Role of Peripheral Nervous System in Bone Growth

Bone alters its metabolic and anabolic activities in response to the variety of systemic and local factors such as hormones and growth factors. Classical observations describing abundance of the nerve fibers in bone also predict a paradigm that the nervous system influences bone metabolism and anabo...

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Main Authors: Ioannis Gkiatas, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Emilios E. Pakos, Ioannis Kostas-Agnantis, Ioannis Gelalis, Marios Vekris, Anastasios Korompilias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Physics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2017.00044/full