Proximal femur bone mineral density decrease is associated with bone marrow blood perfusion reduction in an orchiectomy-induced male osteoporosis model in rat

Vertebral blood perfusion reduction asso

Vertebral blood perfusion reduction associated with vertebral bone mineral density reduction: A dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI study in a rat orchiectomy model

✍ Yi-Xiang J. Wang; Ya-Feng Zhang; James F. Griffith; Hua Zhou; David K.W. Yeung; 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 262 KB

## Abstract ## Purpose To investigate the relationship between vertebral blood perfusion and vertebral bone mineral density (BMD) in a rat orchiectomy (ORX) model. ## Materials and Methods Nine 6‐month‐old male Wistar‐Kyoto rats were used. Computed tomography (CT) bone densitometry and dynamic M