Chronic psychosocial stress disturbs long-bone growth in adolescent mice

• Main Authors: Sandra Foertsch (Author), Melanie Haffner-Luntzer (Author), Jochen Kroner (Author), Florian Gross (Author), Kathrin Kaiser (Author), Maike Erber (Author), Stefan O. Reber (Author), Anita Ignatius (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Company of Biologists, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Although a strong association between psychiatric and somatic disorders is generally accepted, little is known regarding the interrelationship between mental and skeletal health. Although depressive disorders have been shown to be strongly associated with osteoporosis and increased fracture risk, ev...