In ovariectomized rats, PTH increased metaphyseal cancellous bone by over 300%, exceeding sham-operated control levels.
In plain wordsIn rats with removed ovaries, PTH increased metaphyseal spongy bone by over 300%, exceeding sham-operated control levels.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseMetaphyseal cancellous bone
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Sexually mature ovariectomized Sprague-Dawley rats- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 8 or 16 micrograms per 100 g body weight daily · injection · 5 weeksAs given in this study (rat).
Measurements
- Cancellous bone increase
- > 300%
- PTH-treated ovariectomized rats
Source sentences
In contrast, in the ovariectomized animals treated with PTH, the metaphyseal cancellous bone increased by over 300% to a level in excess of that present in the sham-operated control animals.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
A group of 3-month-old Sprague-Dawley rats were sham operated or ovariectomized and given daily injections of human PTH-(1-34) (8 or 16 micrograms per 100 g body weight) for 5 weeks.
At the termination of the study histomorphometric techniques were used to examine changes in cortical and cancellous bone in the diaphysis and proximal metaphysis of the tibia.