TY - BOOK ID - 77940271 TI - Current topics in bone biology AU - Deng, Hong-wen. AU - Liu, Yao-zhong. PY - 2005 SN - 1281896934 9786611896935 9812701176 9789812701176 9789812562098 9812562095 9781281896933 9812562095 PB - Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, DB - UniCat KW - Bones KW - Osteology KW - Musculoskeletal system KW - Bone KW - Skeleton KW - Physiology. KW - Molecular aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77940271 AB - This book covers a wide spectrum of areas related to basic bone research. While bone remodeling, bone development, and osteoclast biology constitute the main contents, topics important to the understanding of bone metabolism and treatment of bone-related diseases are also intensively reviewed. Three chapters are dedicated to the classic topic of bone mechanics, which include a brief overview of the mechanostat hypothesis, a more detailed review on mechanotransduction and bone adaptation, and a chapter illustrating the basic principles of bone mechanical testing. New emerging fields such as ske ER -