Origin
DahlSR/JrNgs rat derived from Dr. Rapp JP of Department of Physiology, Medical University of Ohio to Nagasaki Univ. in 1986.
Strain characteristics
Resistance to the hypertensive effect of a high salt (NaCl) diet. Control strain for SS/JrNgs (NBRP No.0484).
References
Baba K, Mulrow PJ, Franco-Saenz R, and Rapp JP.
Suppression of Adrenal Renin in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats.
Hypertension 8:1149-1153, 1986.
Kusano E, Baba K, Rapp JP, Franco-Saenz R, and Mulrow PJ.
Adrenal Renin in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats: A Genetic Study.
J Hypertension 4 (suppl 5):S20-S22, 1986.
Kawai K, Baba K, Senba M, Nakamura T, Doi Y, yamaguchi T, Hashiba K and Tsuchiyama H
Effect of the adrenal inhibitor trilostane on the morphology of the adrenocortical cells of Dahl salt-sensitive and Dahl salt-resistant rats.
Int J Exp Path 72:456-462, 1991.
Ferdaus MZ, Xiao B, Ohara H, Nemoto K, Harada Y, Saar K, Hübner N, Isomura M, Nabika T.
Identification of stim1 as a candidate gene for exaggerated sympathetic response to stress in the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat.
PLoS One. 9(4):e95091, 2014.