Rat Strain List

Abbott R. E. and Schachter D. (1994) Inheritance of salt-dependent hypertension in the inbred Dahl rat. Hypertension 24, 506-511.
Abel E. L., Altman H. J. and Commissaris R. L. (1992) Maudsley Reactive and Nonreactive rats in the forced swim test - comparison in fresh-water and soiled water. Physiology and Behavior 52, 1117-1119.

Adams M., Baverstock P. R., Watts C. H. S. and Guttman G. A. (1984) Enzyme markers in inbred rat strains: genetics of new markers and strain profiles. Biochemical Genetics 22, 611.

Adams N. and Blizard D. A. (1991) Genetic and maternal influences in rat models of spontaneous and salt-induced hypertension. Developmental Psychobiology 24, 507-519.

Ajisawa C., Ikadai H. and Imamichi T. (1985) Morphological study on the hypoplastic testis with aplasia of the epididymis, ductus deferens, and gland of the ductus deferens in the TW inbred rat. Experimental Animals (Japan) 34, 189-195.

Alam M., Midtvedt T. and Uribe A. (1994) Differential cell-kinetics in the ileum and colon of germ-free rats. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 29, 445-451.

Al-Dabbagh S. G., Idle J. R. and Smith R. L. (1981) Animal modelling of human polymorphic drug oxidation- the metabolism of debrisoquine and phenacetin in rat inbred strains. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology 33, 161-164.

Allen E. M. (1992) The effect of iodine on lipid-peroxidation and ultrastructure in the thyroids of BB/Wor rats. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation 15, 519-523.

Ambrosio E., Goldberg S. R. and Elmer G. I. (1995a) Behavior genetic investigation of the relationship between spontaneous locomotor-activity and the acquisition of morphine self-administration behavior. Behavioural Pharmacology 6, 229-237.

Ambrosio E., Goldberg S. R. and Elmer G. I. (1995b) Behavior genetic investigation of the relationship between spontaneous locomotor-activity and the acquisition of morphine self- administration behavior. Behavioural Pharmacology 6, 229-237.

Amit Z. and Smith B. R. (1992) Differential ethanol intake in Tryon Maze-Bright and Tryon Maze-Dull rats - implications for the validity of the animal-model of selectively bred rats for high ethanol-consumption. Psychopharmacology 108, 136-140.

Andersen A. E. (1982) Phenylketonuria, supplement update to model no 47. In Handbook of animal models of human disease, fascicle 11 (Capen C. C., Hackel D. B., Jones T. C. and Migaki G., eds) Registry of Comparaitve pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC.

Andersen A. and Guroff G. (1974) Phenylketonuria. Comparative Pathology Bulletin 6, 1-2.

Anderson A. E. (1982) Phenylketonuria, supplemental update to model not 47. In Handbook: Animal Models of Human Disease, Fascicle 11 ed. (Capen C. C., Hackel D. B., Jones T. C. and Migaki G., eds) Registry of Comparitive Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC.

Andolu J., Takahashi M., Imai S., Ishihara R., Kitamura T., Iijima T., Takano S., Nishiyama K., Suzuki K. and Maekawa A. (1994) High-yield induction of uterine endometrial adenocarcinomas in DONRYU rats by a single intrauterine administration of n-ethyl-n'-nitro-n- nitrosoguanidine via the vagina. Japanese Journal of Cancer Research 85, 789-793.

Armerding D., Katz D. H. and Benacerraf B. (1974a) Immune response genes in inbred rats. I. Analysis of responder status to synthetic polypeptides and low doses of bovine serum albumin. Immunogenetics 1, 329-339.

Armerding D., Katz D. H. and Benacerraf B. (1974b) Immune response genes in inbred rats. II. Segregation studies of the GT and GA genes and their linkage to the major histocompatibility complex. Immunogenetics 1, 340-351.

Armstrong J. M., Blackwell G. J., Flower R. J., McGiff J. C., Mullane K. M. and Vane J. R. (1976) Genetic hypertension in rats is accompanied by a defect in renal prostaglandin catabolism. Nature 260, 582-586.

Atkinson E. G., Edelsten C., Kasp E. and Dumonde D. C. (1992) Experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis in the RCS rat - the influence of photoreceptor degeneration on disease expression. British Journal of Ophthalmology 76, 553-559.

Aubry J. M., Bartanusz V., Driscoll P., Schulz P., Steimer T. and Kiss J. Z. (1995) Corticotropin-releasing factor and vasopressin messenger-RNA levels in Roman High-Avoidance and Low-Avoidance rats - response to open- field exposure. Neuroendocrinology 61, 89-97.

Aulakh C. S., Hill J. L. and Murphy D. L. (1993) Attenuation of hypercortisolemia in Fawn-Hooded rats by antidepressant drugs. European Journal of Pharmacology 240, 85-88.

Aulakh C. S., Hill J. L. and Murphy D. L. (1994a) Lithium treatment restores clonidines effect in an animal-model of depression. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 47, 985-987.

Aulakh C. S., Tolliver T., Wozniak K. M., Hill J. L. and Murphy D. L. (1994b) Functional and biochemical-evidence for altered serotonergic function in the Fawn-Hooded rat strain. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 49, 615-620.

Ayachi S (1979) Increased dietary calcium lowers blood pressure in the spontaneously hypertensive rat. Metabolism 28, 1234-1238.

Azuma Y., Ito N., Shinohara M. and Mori M. (1978) Experimental gingivitis in ODU plaque-susceptible rats. II. Biochemical nature of the rat plaque. Journal of Periodontology 49, 60-63.

Azuma Y., Shinohara M., Ito N. and Mori M. (1979) Experimental gingivitis in ODU plaque-susceptible rats. III. Toxic activity of the rat dental plaque. Journal of Periodontology 50, 416-418.

Badalamenti J., Shea M., Cybulsky A. V., Quigg R. J. and Salant D. J. (1987) Heymann nephritis (HN) antigen in Lewis (LEW) and Brown Norway (BN) rats. Federation Proceedings 46, 1327.

Badishtov B. A., Overstreet D. H., Kashevskaya O. P., Viglinskaya I. V., Kampovpolevoy A. B., Seredenin S. B. and Halikas J. A. (1995) To drink or not to drink - open-field behavior in alcohol-preferring and alcohol-nonpreferring rat strains. Physiology and Behavior 57, 585-589.

Bailey D. W. (1971) Recombinant inbred strains, an aid to finding identity, linkage, and function of histocompatibility and other genes. Transplantation 11, 325-327.

Bakhle Y. S. and Bell C. (1994) Increased numbers of substance P-containing sensory neurons in a rat strain with a genetic neurotrophic defect. Neuropeptides 27, 169-174.

Barber B. R., Ferrari P. and Bianchi G. (1994) The Milan hypertensive strain: a description of the model. In Handbook of Hypertension Vol. 16 Experimental and Genetic Models of Hypertension (Ganten D. and de Jong W., eds), pp. 316-345. Elsevier, Amsterdam, New York, Oxford.

Barthold S. W., Moody K. D., Terwilliger G. A., Jacoby R. O. and Steere A. C. (1988) An animal model for Lyme arthritis. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 539, 264-273.

Bataillard A., Sacquet J., Julien C., Vincent M., Gomezsanchez C., Touraine J. L. and Sassard J. (1993) Do thymic-neuroendocrine interactions play a role in the antihypertensive effect of neonatal thymectomy in Lyon Hypertensive Rats. American Journal of Hypertension 6, 407-412.

Baum A., Pohlmeyer G., Rapp K. G. and Deerberg F. (1995) Lewis rats of the inbred strain LEW/Han - life expectancy, spectrum and incidence of spontaneous neoplasms. Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology 47, 11-18.

Bazin H. (1974) Tumeurs secretant des immunoglobulines chez le rat LOU/Wsl. Etude portant sur 200 immunocytomes. Ann. Immunol. (Paris) 125C, 277-279.

Bazin H. (1977) Inbred strains. Rat News Letter 1, 27.

Bazin H. and Platteau B. (1976) Production of circulating reaginic (IgE) antibodies by oral administration of ovalbumin to rats. Immunology 30, 679-683.

Bazin H., Deckers C., Beckers A. and Heremans J. F. (1972) Transplantable immunoglobulin-secreting tumours in rats. I. General features of LOU/Wsl strain rat immunocytomas and their monoclonal proteins. International Journal of Cancer 10, 568-580.

Bazin H., Beckers A., Deckers C. and Moriame M. (1973) Transplantable immunoglobulin-secreting tumors in rats. V. Monoclonal immunoglobulins secreted by 250 ileocecal immunocytomas in LOU/Wsl rats. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 51, 1359-1361.

Bazin H., Beckers A. and Querinjean P. (1974a) Three classes and four (sub)classes of rat immunoglobulins: IgM. IgA, IgE and IgG1, IgG2a, IgG2b, IgG2c. European Journal of Immunology 4, 44-48.

Bazin H., Querinjean P., Beckers A., Heremans J. F. and Dessy F. (1974b) Transplantable immunoglobulin-secreting tumours in Rats. IV. Sixty-three IgE-secreting immunocytoma tumours. Immunology 26, 713-723.

Beckers A. and Bazin H. (1978) Incidence of spontaneous ileocecal immunocytomas in hybrids of LOU/C rats and rat strains with low spontaneous tumor incidence: Brief communication. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 60, 1505-1508.

Beder K., Nagel M., Muller C. R. and Gunther E. (1979) Electrophoretic protein variants in inbred strains of Rattus norvegicus: strain distribution, description of a new esterase polymorphism and linkage studies. Transplantation Proceedings 11, 1653-1656.

Bell R. G. (1992) Variation in responsiveness to Trichinella-spiralis infection in inbred rat strains. Parasitology 105, 125-130.

Belledonne M., Preuss J. M. and Preuss H. G. (1979) Acid excretion in young and adult Wistar Kyoto and spontaneously hypertensive rats. Experientia 35, 1594-1595.

Bellhorn R. W., Rheinhardt J. M., Burns M. S. and Matthes M. T. (1987) Retinal degeneration in the WKY rat. Degenerative Retinal Disorders: Clin. and Laboratory Invests. 317-331. Liss, Inc, Alan R.

Bender K., Ceve H. and Gunther E. (1981) A previously described serum protein polymorphism in the rat identified as Gc ('vitamin D-binding protein'). Animal Blood Groups and Biochemical Genetics 12, 31-36.

Bender K., Adams M., Baverstock P. R., et al. (1984a) Biochemical markers in inbred strains of the rat Rattus norvegicus. Immunogenetics 19, 257-266.

Bender K., Adams M., Baverstock P. R., den Bieman M., Bissbort S., Brdicka R., Butcher G. W., Cramer D. V., von Deimling O., Festing M. F. W., Gunther E., Guttmanm R. D., Hedrich H. J., Kendall P. B., Kluge R., Moutier R., Simon B., Womack J. E., Yamada J. and van Zutphen B. (1984b) Biochemical markers in inbred strains of the rat (Rattus norvegicus). Immunogenetics 19, 257-266.

Bender K., Gunther E., et al. (1984c) Characterisation of rat inbred strains: report of a joint program and details on six additional polymorphic markers. Rat News Letter 13, 10-18.

Ben-Ishay B. (1984) The Sabra hypertension-prone and -resistant strains. In Handbook of Hypertension Vol. 4. Experimental and genetic models of hypertension (de Jong W., ed), pp. 296-313. Elsevier, Amsterdam, New York, Oxford.

Ben-Ishay D. and Yagil Y. (1994) The Sabra hypertension-prone and -resistant strains. In Handbook of Hypertension Vol. 16 Experimental and Genetic Models of Hypertension (Ganten D. and de Jong W., eds), pp. 272-299. Elsevier, Amsterdam, New York, Oxford.

Ben-Ishay D., Zamir N., Feuerstein G., Kobrin I., Le Quan-Bui K. H. and Devynck M. A. (1981) Distinguishing traits in the Sabra hypertension-prone (SBH) and hypertension-resistant (SBN) rats. Clinical and Experimental Hypertension 3, 737-747.

Berdanier C. D., Pan J. S., Hartle D. K. and Michaelis O. E. (1993) Glucose-turnover in lean and obese rats of the SHE/N-cp and LA/N-cp strains. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 106, 87-94.

Bertok L. (1980) "KIRBY-B" a new inbred rat. Rat News Letter 8, 22a.

Bianchi G., Fox U. and Imbasciati E. (1974) Development of a new strain of spontaneously hypertensive rats. Life Science 14, 339-347.

Bianchi G., Ferrari P. and Barber B. R. (1984) The Milan hypertensive strain. In Handbook of Hypertension Vol. 4. Experimental and genetic models of hypertension (de Jong W., ed), pp. 328-349. Elsevier, Amsterdam, New York, Oxford.

Bianchi G., Tripodi G., Casari G., Salardi S., Barber B. R., Garcia R., Leoni P., Torielli L., Cusi D., Ferrandi M., Pinna L. A., Baralle F. E. and Ferrari P. (1994) 2 point mutations within the adducin genes are involved in blood- pressure variation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 91, 3999-4003.

Biesecker G. and Koffler D. (1988) Resistance to experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis in genetically inbred rats. Journal of Immunology 140, 3406-3410.

Bignami G. (1965) Selection for high rates and low rates of avoidance conditioning in the rat. Animal Behavior 13, 221-227.

Billingham R. E. and Silvers W. K. (1959) Inbred animals and tissue transplantation immunity. Transplantation Bulletin 6, 399-406.

Blankenhorn E. P., Stranford S. A., Martin A. M. and Hickey W. F. (1995) Cloning of myelin basic protein-reactive T-cells from the experimental allergic encephalomyelitis-resistant rat strain, LER. Journal of Neuroimmunology 59, 173-183.

Blankert J. J., Muizert Y., van Es L. A. and Paul L. C. (1987) Cellular requirements for the induction of a humoral immune response to the endothelial alloantigen Eag-1. Transplantation Proceedings 19, 3151-3152.

Blizard D. A. and Adams N. (1992) Maternal influences on cardiovascular pathophysiology. Experientia 48, 334-345.

Blizard D. A., Peterson W. N. and Adams N. (1991) Dietary salt and accelerated hypertension - lack of subline differentiation in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat stocks from the United-States. Journal of Hypertension 9, 1169-1175.

Blottiere H. M., Menoret A., Burg C., Douillard J. Y. and Lependu J. (1992a) Identification and characterization of a rat protein (p-105) auto-antigenic in rats bearing a progressive syngeneic colon-carcinoma. International Journal of Cancer 50, 315-320.

Blottiere H. M., Menoret A., Burg C., Douillard J. Y., Meflah K. and Lependu J. (1992b) Characterization of an autoantigen (p105) in a rat colon-carcinoma model. Bulletin Du Cancer 79, 47-53.

Boorman G. A. and Hollander C. F. (1973) Spontaneous lesions in the female WAG/Rij (Wistar) rat. Journal of Gerontology 28, 152-159.

Boorman G. A. and Hollander C. F. (1974) High incidence of spontaneous urinary bladder and ureter tumors in the brown Norway rat. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 52, 1005-1008.

Boorman G. A., van Noord M. J. and Hollander C. F. (1972) Naturally occurring medullary thyroid carcinoma in the rat. Archives of Pathology 94, 35-41.

Boorman G. A., Zurcher C., Hollander C. F. and Feron V. J. (1973) Naturally occurring endocardial disease in the rat. Archives of Pathology 96, 39-45.

Boorman G. A., Eustis S. L., Elwell M. R., Montgomery J. C. A. and MacKenzie W. F. (1990) Pathology of the Fischer rat. Academic Press, Inc, San Diego.

Borodin P. M. (1977) Strains. Rat News Letter 1, 49.

Bosland M. C., Prinsen M. K., Rivenson A., Silverman J., Fiala E., Williams G. M., Kroes R. and Weisburger J. H. (1992a) Induction of proliferative lesions of ventral prostate, seminal- vesicle, and other accessory sex glands in rats by N-methyl-N- nitrosourea - effect of castration, pretreatment with cyproterone- acetate and testosterone propionate, and rat strain. Prostate 20, 339-353.

Bosland M. C., Prinsen M. K., Rivenson A. and Weisburger J. H. (1992b) Induction of skin and thyroid-tumors in male-rats by normal-methyl- normal-nitrosourea after sequential treatment with cyproterone- acetate and testosterone propionate - effects of castration, rat strain and time of carcinogen injection. Carcinogenesis 13, 669-674.

Braden A. W. H. (1958) Strain differences in the incidence of polyspermia in rats after delayed mating. Fertility and Sterility 9, 243-246.

Brdicka R. (1984) Urinary proteins: interstrain differences in the laboratory rat. Animal Blood Groups and Biochemical Genetics 15, 79-83.

Breslin P. A. S., Spector A. C. and Grill H. J. (1995) Sodium specificity of salt appetite in Fischer-344 and Wistar rats is impaired by chorda tympani nerve transection. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology 38, R350-R356.

Brewster D. J. (1968) Genetic analysis of ethanol preference in rats selected for emotional reactivity. Journal of Heredity 59, 283-286.

Broadhurst P. L. (1975) The Maudsley reactive and non-reactive strains of rats: a survey. Behavior Genetics 5, 299-319.

Brown D. M., Provoost A. P., Daly M. J., Lander E. S. and Jacob H. J. (1996) Renal disease susceptibility and hypertension are under independent genetic control in the fawn-hooded rat. Nature Genetics 12, 44-51.

Buchanan T. A., Fisler J. S., Underberger S., Sipos G. F. and Bray G. A. (1992) Whole-body insulin sensitivity in Osborne-Mendel and S5B/Pl rats eating a low-fat or high-fat diet. American Journal of Physiology 263, R785-R789.

Buckley P., Hulse E. V. and Keep B. M. (1980) An inbred strain of rats with a high incidence of squamous-cell carcinomas of the mouth. British Journal of Cancer 41, 295-301.

Buda M., Lachuer J., Devauges V., Barbagli B., Blizard D. and Sara S. J. (1994) Central noradrenergic reactivity to stress in Maudsley rat strains. Neuroscience Letters 167, 33-36.

Burek J. D. (1978) Pathology of aging rats. CRC Press, West Palm Beach, Florida.

Burek J. D. and Hollander C. F. (1975a) Studies of spontaneous lesions in aging BN/Bi rats. I. Neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions. In Annual Report, Organization for Health Research, pp. 235-237. TNO, Rijswijk.

Burek J. D. and Hollander C. F. (1975b) Studies of spontaneous lesions in aging BN/Bi rats. II. Age associated incidence of tumors and tumor metastases. In Annual Report, Organization for Health Research, pp. 238-241. TNO, Rijswijk.

Burek J. D. and Hollander C. F. (1977) Incidence patterns of spontaneous tumors in BN/Bi rats. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 58, 99-105.

Burek J. D., Zurcher C. and Hollander C. F. (1975) Spontaneous cervical and vaginal tumors in the females BN/Bi rat. In Annual Report, Organization for Health Research, pp. 248-249. TNO, Rijswijk.

Burek J. D., Zurcher C. and Hollander C. F. (1976) High incidence of spontaneous cervical and vaginal tumors in an inbred strain of Brown Norway rats (BN/Bi). Journal of the National Cancer Institute 57, 549-554.

Burnet P. W. J., Michelson D., Smith M. A., Gold P. W. and Sternberg E. M. (1994) The effect of chronic imipramine administration on the densities of 5-HT1a and 5-HT2 receptors and the abundancies of 5-HT receptor and transporter messenger-RNA in the cortex, hippocampus and dorsal raphe of 3 strains of rat. Brain Research 638, 311-324.

Burtonboy G., Beckers A., Rodhain J., Bazin H. and Lamy M. E. (1978) Rat ileocecal immunocytoma. An ultrastructural study with special attention to the presence of viral particles. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 61, 477-484.

Buttemeyer R., Rao U. and Jones N. F. (1995) Peripheral-nerve allograft transplantation with FK506 - functional, histological, and immunological results before and after discontinuation of immunosuppression. Annals of Plastic Surgery 35, 396-401.

Byrnes A. P., Rusby J. E., Wood M. J. A. and Charlton H. M. (1995) Adenovirus gene-transfer causes inflammation in the brain. Neuroscience 66, 1015-1024.

Calcagnetti D. J. and Schechter M. D. (1994) Deficits in shock-induced freezing and naltrexone enhancement of freezing in Fawn-Hooded rats. Brain Research Bulletin 35, 37-40.

Calderari S. A., Gonzalez A. C. and Gayol M. del C. (1987) Spontaneous hypertriglyceridemic obesity and hyperglycemia in an inbred line of rats. International Journal of Obesity 11, 571-579.

Cameron T. P., Lattuada C. P., Kornreich M. R. and Tarone R. E. (1982) Longevity and reproductive comparisons for male ACI and Sprague-Dawley rat aging colonies. Laboratory Animal Science 32, 495-499.

Cameron T. P., Hickman R. L., Kornreich M. R. and Tarone R. E. (1985) History, survival, and growth patterns of B6C3F1 mice and F344 rats in the National Cancer Institute carcinogenesis testing program. Fundamental and Applied Toxicology 5, 526-538.

Campbell D. J., Duncan A. M., Kladis A. and Harrap S. B. (1995) Angiotensin peptides in spontaneously hypertensive and normotensive donryu rats. Hypertension 25, 928-934.

Carthew P., Rich K. J., Martin E. A., Dematteis F., Lim C. K., Manson M. M., Festing M. F. W., White I. N. H. and Smith L. L. (1995) DNA-damage as assessed by p-32 postlabeling in 3 rat strains exposed to dietary tamoxifen - the relationship between cell-proliferation and liver-tumor formation. Carcinogenesis 16, 1299-1304.

Castanon N. and Mormede P. (1994) Psychobiogenetics - adapted tools for the study of the coupling between behavioral and neuroendocrine traits of emotional reactivity. Psychoneuroendocrinology 19, 257-282.

Castanon N., Dulluc J., Lemoal M. and Mormede P. (1992) Prolactin as a link between behavioral and immune differences between the Roman rat lines. Physiology and Behavior 51, 1235-1241.

Castanon N., Dulluc J., Lemoal M. and Mormede P. (1994) Maturation of the behavioral and neuroendocrine differences between the Roman rat lines. Physiology and Behavior 55, 775-782.

Castanon N., Perezdiaz F. and Mormede P. (1995) Genetic-analysis of the relationships between behavioral and neuroendocrine traits in Roman High-Avoidance and Low-Avoidance rat lines. Behavior Genetics 25, 371-384.

Ceccatelli S., Fahrenkrug J., Eneroth P. and Hokfelt T. (1992) Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide peptide histidine isoleucine- immunoreactive neuron systems in the basal hypothalamus of a rat strain with deficient prolactin-release in response to stress. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 4, 51-58.

Chang L. T., Kras K., Suzuki K., Strasburg G., Rodgers C. D. and Schemmel R. A. (1995) Voluntary running in male S5B/Pl rats fed high-fat or high- carbohydrate diets. Physiology and Behavior 57, 501-508.

Chanh P. H., Kaiser R., Lassierre B., Navarro-Delmasure C. and Moutier R. (1988) Creation of a strain of genetically obese-hypertensive rats. International Journal of Obesity 12, 141-147.

Chaouloff F., Castanon N. and Mormede P. (1994) Paradoxical differences in animal-models of anxiety among the Roman rat lines. Neuroscience Letters 182, 217-221.

Chappel C. I. and Chappel W. R. (1983) The discovery and development of the BB rat colony: An animal model of spontaneous diabetes mellitus. Metabolism 32, S8-S10.

Charnay Y., Steimer T., Huguenin C. and Driscoll P. (1995) [H-3] paroxetine binding-sites - brain regional differences between 2 psychogenetically selected lines of rats. Neuroscience Research Communications 16, 29-35.

Chatterajee B., Demyan W. F., Song C. S., Garg B. D. and Roy A. K. (1989) Loss of androgenic induction of 2u-globulin gene family in the liver of NIH black rats. Endocrinology 125, 1385-1388.

Chen X. H., Han J. S. and Huang L. T. (1994) Cck receptor antagonist L-365,260 potentiated electroacupuncture analgesia in Wistar rats but not in audiogenic epileptic rats. Chinese Medical Journal 107, 113-118.

Chisholm P. M., Smith M. E., Sparshott S. M. and Ford W. L. (1977) A comparison of immune responses against Ag-B and non Ag-B antigens, presented alone or together. Transplantation 23, 470-478.

Chowdhury N. R., Gross F., Moscioni A. D., Kram M., Arias I. M. and Chowdhury J. R. (1987) Isolation of multiple normal and functionally defective forms of uridine diphosphate-glucoronyltransferase from inbred Gunn rats. Journal of Clinical Investigation 79, 327-334.

Cicila G. T., Rapp J. P., Bloch K. D., Kurtz T. W., Pravenec M., Kren V., Hong C. C., Quertermous T. and Ng S. C. (1994) Cosegregation of the endothelin-3 locus with blood-pressure and relative heart-weight in inbred Dahl rats. Journal of Hypertension 12, 643-651.

Clark C. J., Milligan G. and Connell J. M. C. (1993) Guanine-nucleotide regulatory protein alterations in the Milan Hypertensive rat strain. Journal of Hypertension 11, 1161-1169.

Clark C. J., Milligan G. and Connell J. M. C. (1994) Guanine-nucleotide regulatory protein alterations in young Milan Hypertensive strain rats. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease 1225, 149-157.

Clark R. L., Cuttino J. T., Anderle S. R., Cromartie W. J. and Schwab J. H. (1979) Radiologic analysis of arthritis in rats after systemic injection of streptococcal cell walls. Arthritis and Rheumatism 22, 25-35.

Cockrell B. Y. and Garner F. M. (1976) Interstitial cell tumor. Comparative Pathology Bulletin 8, 2-3.

Coenen A. M. L. and Van Luijtelaar E. L. J. M. (1987) The WAG/Rig rat model for absence epilepsy: age and sex factors. Epilepsy Research 1, 297-301.

Coenen A. M. L., Drinkenberg W. H. I. M., Inoue M. and Van Luijtelaar E. L. J. M. (1992) Genetic models of absence epilepsy, with emphasis on the WAG/Rij strain of rats. Epilepsy Research 12, 75-86.

Cohen A. J., McCarthy D. M. and Rossetti R. R. (1986) Renin secretion by the spontaneously diabetic rat. Diabetes 35, 341-346.

Cohen A. M., Rosenmann E. and Rosenthal T. (1993) The Cohen diabetic (non-insulin-dependent) hypertensive rat model. Description of the model and pathological findings. American Journal of Hypertension 6, 989-995.

Cohen B. J., De Bruin R. W. and Kort W. J. (1970) Heritable hydronephrosis in a mutant strain of brown Norway rats. Laboratory Animal Care 20, 489-493.

Cohen S. B. and Weetman A. P. (1988) The effect of iodine depletion and supplementation in the Buffalo strain rat. J. Endocrinol. Invest. 11, 625-627.

Cohen S. M. and Friedell G. H. (1979) Carcinoma of the urinary bladder. American Journal of Pathology 95, 849-852.

Coleman G. L., Barthold S. W., Osbaldistan G. W., Foster S. J. and Jonas A. M. (1977) Pathological changes during aging in barrier-reared Fischer 344 male rats. Journal of Gerontology 32, 258-278.

Colly L. P. and Hagenbeek T. (1977) Experimental chemotherapy: A rat model for human acute myeloid leukemia. In Experimental hematology today (Baum S. J. and Ledney D. G., eds), pp. 211-219. Springer Verlag, New York.

Colombo G., Hansen C., Hoffman P. L. and Grant K. A. (1992) Decreased performance in a delayed alternation task by rats genetically deficient in vasopressin. Physiology and Behavior 52, 827-830.

Commissaris R. L., Harrington G. M., Baginski T. J. and Altman H. J. (1988) MR/Har and MNRA/Har Maudsley rat strains: differences in acoustic startle habituation. Behavior Genetics 18, 663-669.

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Committee on the Care and Use of Spontaneously Hypertensive (SHR) Rats (1976) Spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) rats: guidelines for breeding, care nd use. ILAR News 19, G1-G20.

Cowen L. A., Harold M. R., Chen C. M., Abbott R. E. and Schachter D. (1991) Immunoglobulin and renal abnormalities in Dahl genetically hypertensive rat. American Journal of Physiology 261, H1895-H1902.

Cramer D. V. and Gill T. J. III (1975) Genetics of urogenital abnormalities in ACI inbred rats. Teratology 12, 27-32.

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