Lopes R A, Piccolo A M, Petenusci S O, da Costa J R, Campos G M
Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 1979;49(3):235-9.
Daily administration of 200 I.U. vitamin A/gram body weight to rats, for a period of 10 days, causes generalized hypertrophy of the tongue muscles. The data were confirmed with morphometric techniques, consisting of increased cytoplasm and decreased nuclei and empty spaces, obtained by the Chalkley technique, nuclei of similar volume, obtained with the use of karyometry, and larger areas of cross-sections of muscle fibers.
以每克体重200国际单位的维生素A每日给大鼠用药，持续10天，会导致舌肌普遍肥大。这些数据通过形态测量技术得到证实，包括用查尔克利技术得出的细胞质增加、细胞核和空隙减少，用核测量法得出的体积相似的细胞核，以及肌纤维横截面更大的面积。
