Summary
N-methyl-formimino-methylester (MFM), a highly volatile chemical substance, causes massive, transient sensory-cell degeneration in the main, but not in the vomeronasal olfactory sensory epithelium of mice. After MFM-treatment it appears possible to study the accessory olfactory system after chemical “deafferentation” of the main system.
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Supported by grants from Bundesanstalt für Arbeit, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
The authors are indebted to Prof. F. Effenberger for help with the synthesis of N-methyl-formimino-methylester
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Rehn, B., Breipohl, W., Naguro, T. et al. Effect of N-methyl-formimino-methylester on the vomeronasal neuroepithelium of mice. Cell Tissue Res. 225, 465–468 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00214699
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