METHODS OF DIAGNOSING, PREVENTING AND TREATING BONE MASS DISEASES

摘要

The present invention provides methods and therapeutic agents for lowering or increasing serum serotonin levels in a patient in order to increase or decrease bone mass, respectively. In preferred embodiments, the patient is known to have, or to be at risk for, a low bone mass disease such as osteoporosis and the agents are TPHl inhibitors or serotonin receptor antagonists.