1. The past, present, and future of bone morphometry: its contribution to an improved understanding of bone biology

   • Webster S.S

   Invited paper Pages: 1 - 10

2. Roles for NF-κB and c-Fos in osteoclasts

   • Brendan F. Boyce
   • Teruhito Yamashita
   • Lianping Xing

   Invited paper Pages: 11 - 15

3. Mechanisms by which exercise improves bone strength

   • Charles H. Turner
   • Alexander G. Robling

   Invited paper Pages: 16 - 22

4. Loading and bone fragility

   • Ego Seeman

   Invited paper Pages: 23 - 29

5. Novel experimental effects on bone material properties and the pre- and postyield behavior of bones may be independent of bone mineralization

   • Gustavo R. Cointry
   • Ricardo F. Capozza
   • José L. Ferretti

   OriginalPaper Pages: 30 - 35

6. THe effects of suppressed bone remodeling by bisphosphonates on microdamage accumulation and degree of mineralization in the cortical bone of dog rib

   • T. Mashiba
   • S. Mori
   • D. B. Burr

   Original Article Pages: 36 - 42

7. Histological evaluation for “bone quality” on two mouse models with different bone remodeling

   • Norio Amizuka
   • Minqi Li
   • Junko Shimomura

   Review article Pages: 43 - 47

8. Microdamage accumulation in the monkey vertebra does not occur when bone turnover is suppressed by 50% or less with estrogen or raloxifene

   • Jiliang Li
   • Masahiko Sato
   • David B. Burr

   Original article Pages: 48 - 54

9. Phytoestrogen-rich herb formula “XLGB” prevents OVX-induced deterioration of musculoskeletal tissues at the hip in old rats

   • Ling Qin
   • Ge Zhang
   • Pingchung Leung

   Original article Pages: 55 - 61

10. Raloxifene and teriparatide (hPTH 1-34) have complementary effects on the osteopenic skeleton of ovariectomized rats

    • Yanfei L. Ma
    • Henry U. Bryant
    • Masahiko Sato

    Original article Pages: 62 - 68

11. Bone biopsy in various metabolic bone diseases studied by bone histomorphometry in China

    • Mei Zhu
    • Mingcai Qiu

    Review article Pages: 69 - 75

12. Epidemiology of osteoporosis in mainland China

    • Xunwu Meng

    OriginalPaper Pages: 76 - 77

13. Epidemiology of hip fracture in Japan: incidence and risk factors

    • Noriko Yoshimura
    • Takao Suzuki
    • Hajime Orimo

    Review article Pages: 78 - 80

14. Epidemiology of osteoporosis in Japan

    • Saeko Fujiwara

    Invited paper Pages: 81 - 83

15. In vivo characterization of skeletal phenotype of genetically modified mice

    • Hua Zhu Ke

    Invited paper Pages: 84 - 89

16. Noninvasive monitoring of changes in structural cancellous bone parameters with a novel prototype micro-CT

    • Jürg A. Gasser
    • Peter Ingold
    • Bruno Koller

    Invited Paper Pages: 90 - 96

17. Mouse models in skeletal physiology and osteoporosis: experiences and data on 14839 cases from the Hamburg Mouse Archives

    • Pia Pogoda
    • Matthias Priemel
    • M. Amling

    Original article Pages: 97 - 102

18. Biopolymer-based delivery systems for advanced imaging and skeletal tissue-specific therapeutics

    • Scott C. Miller
    • Dong Wang
    • Jindřich Kopeček

    Invited paper Pages: 103 - 108

19. Absorptiometric assessment of muscle-bone relationships in humans: reference, validation, and application studies

    • Gustavo R. Cointry
    • Ricardo F. Capozza
    • José L. Ferretti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 114

20. Assessment of bone quality using micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) and synchrotron micro-CT

    • Masako Ito

    Invited paper Pages: 115 - 121

21. Application of micro-ct assessment of 3-d bone microstructure in preclinical and clinical studies

    • Yebin Jiang
    • Jenny Zhao
    • Harry K. Genant

    Invited paper Pages: 122 - 131