Basic and Applied Bone Biology - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0124160158 ISBN 13: 9780124160156

Publisher: Academic Press, 2013

Synopsis

This book provides an overview of skeletal biology from the molecular level to the organ level, including cellular control, interaction and response; adaptive responses to various external stimuli; the interaction of the skeletal system with other metabolic processes in the body; and the effect of various disease processes on the skeleton. The book also includes chapters that address how the skeleton can be evaluated through the use of various imaging technologies, biomechanical testing, histomorphometric analysis, and the use of genetically modified animal models.

• Presents an in-depth overview of skeletal biology from the molecular to the organ level
• Offers "refresher" level content for clinicians or researchers outside their areas of expertise
• Boasts editors and many chapter authors from Indiana and Purdue Universities, two of the broadest and deepest programs in skeletal biology in the US; other chapter authors include clinician scientists from pharmaceutical companies that apply the basics of bone biology

About this title

Review:

Introductory resource for graduate students, professors, and new researchers of skeletal biology

About the Author:

David B. Burr is a University Distinguished Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Indiana University School of Medicine, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at IUPUI. He joined the Indiana University School of Medicine faculty in 1990 as Chair of the Department of Anatomy (1990-2010), following faculty positions at the University of Kansas and West Virginia University Medical Schools. He served as President of the American Association of Anatomists (2007-2009) and the Orthopaedic Research Society, and is the Director of the IBMS Sun Valley Workshop on Musculoskeletal Biology. He is a fellow of the American Association of Anatomists, and serves as Editor-in-Chief for Current Osteoporosis Reports, Associate Editor for Bone and the J of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions. He is the author of more than 230 research articles in the peer- reviewed literature, 48 book chapters and reviews, and four books on the structure, function and mechanics of bone.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0124160158
• ISBN 13: 9780124160156
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 390
• Editor: Burr David B., Allen Matthew R.