Vecchini, Marcos F.2023-03-242023-03-2419761976(OCoLC)15977599b14330295https://hdl.handle.net/2144/45819PLEASE NOTE: This work is protected by copyright. Downloading is restricted to the BU community: please click Download and log in with a valid BU account to access. If you are the author of this work and would like to make it publicly available, please contact open-help@bu.edu.Thesis (M.Sc.D.)--Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry, Dept. of Periodontology.Includes bibliography.A study of skeletal muscle fiber biopsies from the tongue and soleus muscle of diabetic Chinese hamsters revealed the presence of lipid droplets within the muscle fibers. These droplets were found in the cytoplasm near a mitochondria, partially inside or surrounded by one or more mitochondrium. Glycogen granules were found in great quantities in the cytoplasm of the tongue and soleus muscle. These granules were also found within the mitochondria of the tongue muscle.en-USThis work is being made available in OpenBU by permission of its author, and is available for research purposes only. All rights are reserved to the author.MusclesDiabetes mellitusThesis/Dissertation