Strain information  NBRP Rat No: 0018  Strain name: WAG/RijKyo  Commmon Name: Wistar Albino Glaxo Rat Genome Database Principal Investigator:  Tadao Serikawa  Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University       Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku    606-8501 Kyoto     JAPAN Tel: 075-753-4360    Fax: 075-753-4409 Email: serikawa@anim.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp Preservation Status:   Embryo        Sperm       Living Animals Coat Color  albino (c) Inbred Generations  F?+87 (March 2012) Usage Restrictions   Genetic Status   Inbred  Segregating   Congenic   Consomic   Recombinant   Coisogenic   Spont. Mutant  Transgene  Ind. Mutant  Category Other  Comercial Availability Research Category   Diabetes Obesity  Neurobiology  Ophthalmology   Dentistry  Cardio Hypertension  Cancer  Metabolism  Otorhinology  Immunology  Infectious  Osteosis   Internal Organ  Dermatology   Reproduction   Development  Behavior  Hematology  Urology   Pharmacology  Research Area Others   Control Strain  Marker Strain Gene Affected Origin This strain is a model for absence epilepsy in humans which was created from Wistar rat at the Glaxo Laboratories in London. Rij > Kyo (1979, F?, GF) Strain characteristics absence-like seizures Breeding Conditions Good breeding performance. Sib mating. Genotyping References Serikawa T, Mashimo T, Kuramoto T, Voigt B, Ohno Y, Sasa M. Advances on Genetic Rat Models of Epilepsy. Exp Anim. 64(1):1-7, 2015. Coenen AM, Drinkenburg WH, Inoue M, van Luijtelaar EL. Genetic models of absence epilepsy, with emphasis on the WAG/Rij strain of rats. Epilepsy Res. 1992 Jul;12(2):75-86. Additional strain information WAG/RijKyo