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NBRP Rat No: 0018

Strain name: WAG/RijKyo

Commmon Name: Wistar Albino Glaxo

Rat Genome Database

Principal Investigator:

Tadao SerikawaGraduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University

Preservation Status:

Embryo Sperm Living Animals

Coat Color

albino (c)

Inbred Generations

F?+87 (March 2012)

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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 (Japanese only)

WAG/RijKyo