Fig. 1. Trabecular bone mass and microarchitecture.
a Micro-CT images of sections of the mouse distal femora and 3D reconstruction of the trabecular bone area. Bars: 300 μm (upper panels of each gender) and 100 μm (lower panels of each gender). GNX gonadectomy, MSCT mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in GNX mice. b–e Quantitative parameters of trabecular bone. BV/TV, bone volume over tissue volume; Tb.Th trabecular thickness, Tb.N trabecular number, Tb.Sp trabecular separation. n = 5 per group. The data represent the means ± SD. *P < 0.05; NS not significant (P > 0.05)