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Micro-computed tomography analyses showed no effect on trabecular or cortical bone in the distal femur and L1 vertebra of maternal global CTR deletion at the end of lactation in global CTRKO mice compared with that in control mice. Bone resorption, as assessed by osteoclast number and activity at the end of lactation, was unaffected by maternal CTR deletion. Cathepsin K, carbonic anhydrase 2, matrix metalloproteinase 13, and receptor activator of nuclear factor-\u03baB ligand mRNA levels, however, were markedly elevated by 3- to 6.5-fold in whole bone of lactating global CTRKO females. Because these genes have been shown to be up-regulated in osteocytes during lactation when osteocytes resorb their surrounding bone matrix, together with their reported expression of the CTR, we determined the osteocyte lacunar area in cortical bone. After lactation, the top 20% of osteocyte lacunar area in global CTRKO mice was 10% larger than the top 20% in control mice. 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