Hippocampal mossy fibers and swimming navigation learning in two vole species occupying different habitats.

We showed previously for mice that size differences of the infrapyramidal hippocampal mossy fiber projection (IIP-MF) correlate with spatial learning abilities. In order to clarify the role of the IIP-MF in a natural environment, we studied the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus), adapted to a wide range of different habitats, and the root vole (Microtus oeconomus), living in homogenous grassland habitats with small home ranges. Morphometry on Timm-stained horizontal brain sections of six C.

[Investigations concerning the role of folic acid in the metabolism of autotrophic cells].

The role of folic acid in metabolism was studied in mass cultures of Chlorella pyrenoidosa, especially with respect to its possible participation in early stages of photosynthetic CO2-fixation. Sulfonamides (sulfanilamide, sulfathiazole) were used as specific antimetabolites in the biosynthesis of folic acid.After 24 hours the number of cell divisions was much more diminished than the pigment and nucleic acid content of the cells.