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INBRED STRAINS OF RATS
Updated 9 Apr. 1998
Michael FW Festing
MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building,
University of Leicester, UK

Abbott R. E. and Schachter D. (1994) Inheritance of salt-dependent hypertension in the inbred Dahl rat. Hypertension 24, 506-511. \par
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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. Physiol. Behav. 52, 1117-1119. \par
MNR

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. Biochem. Genet. 22, 611. \par
AAW JC

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. \par
SHR SS

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. Exp. Animals (Japan) 34, 189-195. \par
TW

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. \par
AGUS

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. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 33, 161-164. \par
DA

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. \par
BB

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. \par

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. \par

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. \par
TMB TMD

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. \par

Andersen A. and Guroff G. (1974) Phenylketonuria. Comp. Pathol. Bull. 6, 1-2. \par
F344

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. \par
F344

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. Jpn. J. Cancer Res. 85, 789-793. \par
DONRYU

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. Immunogenet. 1, 329-339. \par
A28807

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. Immunogenet. 1, 340-351. \par

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. \par

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. Brit. J. Ophthalmol. 76, 553-559. \par
RCS

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. \par
RHA

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

Aulakh C. S., Hill J. L., and Murphy D. L. (1994a) Lithium treatment restores clonidines effect in an animal-model of depression. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 47, 985-987. \par

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. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 49, 615-620. \par
FH

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

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

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. J. Periodontol. 50, 416-418. \par
ODU


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. Fed. Proc. 46, 1327. \par
BN

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. Physiol. Behav. 57, 585-589. \par
FH

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

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. \par
GH

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. \par
MHS

Barthold S. W., Moody K. D., Terwilliger G. A., Jacoby R. O., and Steere A. C. (1988) An animal model for Lyme arthritis. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 539, 264-273. \par
LEW

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. AJH 6, 407-412. \par
LH

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. \par
LEW

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

Bazin H. (1977) Inbred strains. Rat News Lett. 1, 27. \par
LOU OKA

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

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. Int. J. Cancer 10, 568-580. \par
LOU

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. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 51, 1359-1361. \par
LOU

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. Eur. J. Immunol. 4, 44-48. \par
LOU

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. Immunol. 26, 713-723. \par

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. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 60, 1505-1508. \par
LOU

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. Transplant. Proc. 11, 1653-1656. \par

Bell R. G. (1992) Variation in responsiveness to Trichinella-spiralis infection in inbred rat strains. Parasitology 105, 125-130. \par
BH BUF WKA YO

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. \par
WKY

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. \par
WKY

Bender K., Ceve H., and Gunther E. (1981) A previously described serum protein polymorphism in the rat identified as Gc ('vitamin D-binding protein'). Anim. Blood Gps. Biochem. Genet. 12, 31-36. \par

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

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). Immunogenet. 19, 257-266. \par

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 Lett. 13, 10-18. \par

Bender K., Balogh P., Bertrand M. F., den Bieman M., von Deimling O., Eghtessadi S., Gutman G. A., Hedrich H. J., Hunt S. V., Kluge R., Matsumoto K., Moralejo D. H., Nagel N., Portal A., Prokop C.-M., Siebert R. T., and van Zutphen L. F. M. (1994) Genetic characterization of inbred strains of the rat (Rattus norvegicus). J. Exp. Anim. Sci. 36, 151-165. \par
WOKA

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. \par
SBH SBN

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. \par
SBH

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. Clin. Exp. Hyperten. 3, 737-747. \par
SBH

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. \par
LA SHR

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

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

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. \par
MHS MNS

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. \par
MHS

Biesecker G. and Koffler D. (1988) Resistance to experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis in genetically inbred rats. J. Immunol. 140, 3406-3410. \par
COP F344 LEW MW WF

Bignami G. (1965) Selection for high rates and low rates of avoidance conditioning in the rat. Anim. Behav. 13, 221-227. \par
RHA RLA

Bihoreau M.-T., Ceccherini I., Browne J., Kranzlin B., Romeo G., Lathrop G. M., James M. R., and Gretz N. (1997) Location of the first genetic locus, PKDr1, controlling autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in Han:SPRD cy/+rat. Hum. Mol. Genet. 6, 609-613. \par
PKD

Billingham R. E. and Silvers W. K. (1959) Inbred animals and tissue transplantation immunity. Transplant. Bull. 6, 399-406. \par
BN F344

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. J. Neuroimmunol. 59, 173-183. \par
LER

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. Transplant. Proc. 19, 3151-3152. \par
MAXX

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

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. J. Hypertens. 9, 1169-1175. \par
SHR

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. Int. J. Cancer 50, 315-320. \par
BDIX

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. \par

Boorman G. A. and Hollander C. F. (1973) Spontaneous lesions in the female WAG/Rij (Wistar) rat. J. Gerontol. 28, 152-159. \par
BN WAG

Boorman G. A. and Hollander C. F. (1974) High incidence of spontaneous urinary bladder and ureter tumors in the brown Norway rat. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 52, 1005-1008. \par
BN

Boorman G. A., van Noord M. J., and Hollander C. F. (1972) Naturally occurring medullary thyroid carcinoma in the rat. Arch. Pathol. 94, 35-41. \par
WAG

Boorman G. A., Zurcher C., Hollander C. F., and Feron V. J. (1973) Naturally occurring endocardial disease in the rat. Arch. Pathol. 96, 39-45. \par
BN WAG

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. \par
F344

Borodin P. M. (1977) Strains. Rat News Lett. 1, 49. \par
MSUBL

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. \par
F344

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. \par
F344

Braden A. W. H. (1958) Strain differences in the incidence of polyspermia in rats after delayed mating. Fert. Steril. 9, 243-246. \par
PVG WAG

Brdicka R. (1984) Urinary proteins: interstrain differences in the laboratory rat. Anim. Blood Gps. Biochem. Genet. 15, 79-83. \par

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. \par
F344

Brewster D. J. (1968) Genetic analysis of ethanol preference in rats selected for emotional reactivity. J. Hered. 59, 283-286. \par
MR

Broadhurst P. L. (1975) The Maudsley reactive and non-reactive strains of rats: a survey. Behav. Genet. 5, 299-319. \par
MNR MR

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 Genet. 12, 44-51. \par
FHH FHL

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. Am. J. Physiol. 263, R785-R789. \par
OM S5B

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. Brit. J. Cancer 41, 295-301. \par
HMT

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

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

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. \par
BN

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. \par
BN

Burek J. D. and Hollander C. F. (1977) Incidence patterns of spontaneous tumors in BN/Bi rats. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 58, 99-105. \par
BN

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. \par

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). J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 57, 549-554. \par
BN

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 Res. 638, 311-324. \par
F344 LEW

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. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 61, 477-484. \par
LOU

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. \par
ACI

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. \par
PVG


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

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

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. Lab. Animal Sci. 32, 495-499. \par
F344

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. Fundam. Appl. Toxicol. 5, 526-538. \par
F344

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. \par

Carthew P., Rich K. J., Martin E. A., De Matteis 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 32P-postlabelling in three rat strains exposed to dietary tamoxifen: the relationship between cell proliferation and liver tumour formation. Carcinogenesis 16, 1299-1304. \par
F344

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. \par
RHA

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

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

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. Behav. Genet. 25, 371-384. \par
RHA

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. \par
BS

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. Physiol. Behav. 57, 501-508. \par
S5B

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

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

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. \par
BB

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. Neurosci. Res. Commun. 16, 29-35. \par
RHA

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. Endocrinol. 125, 1385-1388. \par

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. \par
P77PMC

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. Transplant. 23, 470-478. \par

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. J. Clin. Invest. 79, 327-334. \par
RHA

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. J. Hypertens. 12, 643-651. \par
SS

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

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