OsteoclastsBone ResorptionRANK LigandThalamic NucleiExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsNeural InhibitionReceptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappa B6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dioneAction PotentialsSynaptic TransmissionTetrodotoxinNeuronsElectric StimulationElectrophysiologySynapsesOrgan Culture TechniquesPatch-Clamp Techniquesgamma-Aminobutyric AcidOsteopetrosisAcid PhosphataseThalamusPyramidal CellsMembrane PotentialsOsteoprotegerinCathepsin KExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsBone and BonesHippocampusOsteoblastsRats, Sprague-DawleyMacrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorCell DifferentiationBone RemodelingOsteolysisCells, CulturedOsteogenesisBone Marrow CellsNFATC Transcription FactorsMembrane GlycoproteinsVacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPasesOsteocytesCalcitoninMice, Inbred C57BLDiphosphonatesSkullCarrier ProteinsBone DevelopmentBone MatrixIsoenzymesOsteoporosisMice, KnockoutReceptors, Tumor Necrosis FactorCathepsinsReceptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorBone NeoplasmsSignal TransductionBone Density Conservation AgentsBone DensityCoculture TechniquesAlendronateBone DiseasesMacrophagesOsteitis DeformansStem CellsTartratesBone Diseases, MetabolicReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearMicrotomyCalciumX-Ray MicrotomographyRats, WistarAnimals, NewbornParathyroid HormoneTNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6GlycoproteinsFemurCalcitriolOsteopontinMice, TransgenicCalcification, PhysiologicMonocyte-Macrophage Precursor CellsIntegrin beta3TibiaReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosCell LineReceptors, VitronectinCell FusionProto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src)MonocytesTime FactorsRNA, MessengerDose-Response Relationship, DrugMicrophthalmia-Associated Transcription FactorOsteosclerosisGiant CellsDentinCell SurvivalMice, Inbred ICRCell Count