Japanese
 NBRP Rat No: 0379 Strain NameHER/Wkmt Commmon Name: HER, Hotaka Epileptic Rat
 Principal Investigator  Kaori Wakamatsu
 Organization   Faculty of Engineering, Gunma University Biological Engineering Laboratory
 Address  Kiryu, Tenjin-cho 1-5-1

376-8515 Gunma

 Japan
 Telephone  0277-30-1439  Fax:  0277-30-1439  wakamats@bce.gunma-u.ac.jp
 Inbred Generations   F21+18 (April 2012) 
   
 Coat Color
 Deposition Status
 
 albino (c)
  Embryo      Sperm      Live Animals
 Usage Restrictions  The users must join a HER model cooperative research association, and obey various regulations stipulated in the rules of the association.
They must also comply with the decisions made by the facilitator.  
 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  
 Strain Characteristics Status epilepticus. Seizure is most prominent at 12-24 weeks of age.
<br />key words: epilepsy 
 Breeding Conditions Weaning should be finished before the onset of seizures. Seizures affect breeding and maternal care. 
 Genotyping  
 References  Unpublished.