Origin
This strain was established from Okamoto by selective mating of spontaneous hypertension rat from Wistar Kyoto rats in 1959. To NIH from Okamoto in 1966 at F13. To Charles River Laboratories, Inc. from NIH in 1973 at F32. To Charles River Japan, Inc. in 1980 at F51. (May 27, 2010)
Strain characteristics
Animal model for hypertension. The control strain is WKY. (May 27, 2010)
References
Gandolgor TA, Ohara H, Cui ZH, Hirashima T, Ogawa T, Saar K, Hübner N, Watanabe T, Isomura M, Nabika T.
Two genomic regions of chromosomes 1 and 18 explain most of the stroke susceptibility under salt loading in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat/izm.
Hypertension. 2013 Jul;62(1):55-61. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.00488. Epub 2013 May 20.