Oxytocin reverses osteoporosis in a sex dependent manner

The increase of life expectancy has led to the increase of age-related diseases such as osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is characterized by bone weakening promoting the occurrence of fractures with defective bone regeneration. Men aged over 50 have a prevalence for osteoporosis of 20% which is related to...

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Main Authors: Guillaume E Beranger, Mansour eDjedaini, Séverine eBattaglia, Christian H Roux, Marcel eScheideler, Dominique eHeymann, Ez-Zoubir eAmri, Didier F Pisani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2015.00081/full