About the Authors

Giovanni Cizza

cizzag@intra.niddk.nih.gov

Affiliation Section on Neuroendocrinology of Obesity, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Donna S. Ronsaville

Affiliation Behavioral Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Hayley Kleitz

Affiliation Behavioral Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Farideh Eskandari

Affiliation Section on Neuroendocrinology of Obesity, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sejal Mistry

Affiliation Section on Neuroendocrinology of Obesity, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sara Torvik

Affiliation Section on Neuroendocrinology of Obesity, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Nina Sonbolian

Affiliation Section on Neuroendocrinology of Obesity, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

James C. Reynolds

Affiliation Nuclear Medicine Department, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Marc R. Blackman

Affiliations Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Philip W. Gold

Affiliation Behavioral Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Pedro E. Martinez

Affiliation Behavioral Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

for the P.O.W.E.R. (Premenopausal, Osteopenia/Osteoporosis, Women, Alendronate, Depression) Study Group

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GC FE MRB PWG PEM. Performed the experiments: GC FE SM ST NS JCR PEM HK. Analyzed the data: GC DSR FE SM NS MRB PWG PEM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GC JCR MRB PWG. Wrote the paper: GC DSR SM MRB PEM.