Histomorphometry in rodents

Reinhold G Erben; Martin Glösmann

doi:10.1007/978-1-61779-415-5_19

Histomorphometry in rodents

Methods Mol Biol. 2012:816:279-303. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-415-5_19.

Authors

Reinhold G Erben¹, Martin Glösmann

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Biophysics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria. Reinhold.Erben@vetmeduni.ac.at

PMID: 22130936
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-415-5_19

Abstract

Bone histomorphometry remains an important tool to study the pathophysiology of bone disease and the cellular mechanism by which treatments work. Here, we review the methods for embedding, sectioning, staining, and analysis of bone sections in rodents.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Bone Resorption
Bone and Bones / chemistry
Bone and Bones / cytology*
Bone and Bones / ultrastructure*
Calcification, Physiologic
Histological Techniques / methods*
Mice
Osteoclasts / cytology
Osteogenesis
Rats