Japanese
 NBRP Rat No: 0257 Strain NameSHR/Hcm Commmon Name: 
 Principal Investigator  Mitsumasa Ohyanagi
 Organization   Hyogo College of Medicine 
 Address  1-1, Mukogawacho, Nishinomiya

663-8501 Hyogo

 Japan
 Telephone  0798-45-6553  Fax:  0798-45-6551  ohyanagi@hyo-med.ac.jp
 Inbred Generations    
   
 Coat Color
 Deposition Status
 
 albino (c)
  Embryo      Sperm      Live Animals
 Usage Restrictions   
 Genetic Status   Inbred   Segregating   Congenic   Consomic    Recombinant 
  Coisogenic   Spont. Mutant    Transgene   Ind. Mutant    Others 
 Comercial Availability   
 Research Category   Diabetes Obesity    Neurobiology    Ophthalmology    Dentistry    Cardio- Hypertension 
  Oncology   Metabolism   Otorhinology    Immunology    Infectious Disease
  Osteology    Internal Medicine   Dermatology   Reproduction    Development
  Behavior    Hematology    Urology   Pharmacology   Others 
  Control Strains   Reporter gene Strains  
 Gene
 Origin This strain was provided by Okamoto of Kinki University, Osaka. Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat. 
 Strain Characteristics Hypertension. Control strain is WKY. 
 Breeding Conditions  
 Genotyping  
 References  Masutani M, Ohyanagi M, Shibuya J, Ishigami Y, Iwasaki T.
A decrease in the amount and function of inhibitory GTP-binding protein in the resistance small artery from spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Jpn J Pharmacol. 1999 Feb;79(2):185-93.