title: Calcitonin and hibernation bone loss in the bat (Myotis lucifugus).
abstract: Inhibition of osteocytic osteolysis in bats  given calcitonin injections during late hibernation supported previous morphologic evidence that the bone loss during hibernation is associated with decreased calcitonin and increased parathormone activity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000187:drug effects; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000502:physiology*; D005269:Femur / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005360:Fibula / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006605:Hibernation; D008297:Male; D013977:Tibia / Q000033:anatomy & histology
chemical_list: D002116:Calcitonin