This strain is a model for absence epilepsy in humans which was created from Wistar rat at the Glaxo Laboratories in London. Rij > Kyo (1979, F?, GF)
Strain characteristics
absence-like seizures
Breeding Conditions
Good breeding performance. Sib mating.
Genotyping
References
Coenen AM, Drinkenburg WH, Inoue M, van Luijtelaar EL.
Genetic models of absence epilepsy, with emphasis on the WAG/Rij strain of rats.
Epilepsy Res. 1992 Jul;12(2):75-86.
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