Spontaneously Hypertensive (SHR) Rat Details
Okamoto, Kyoto School of Medicine, 1963, from outbred Wistar Kyoto male with marked elevation of blood pressure mated to female with slightly elevated blood pressure. Brother x sister mating with continued selection for spontaneous hypertension was then started. To NIH in 1966 from Okamoto at F13. To Charles River from NIH in 1973 at F32.
LOCATION: Kingston
UNIT: K83
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Spontaneously Hypertensive (SHR) Rat Details
Okamoto, Kyoto School of Medicine, 1963, from outbred Wistar Kyoto male with marked elevation of blood pressure mated to female with slightly elevated blood pressure. Brother x sister mating with continued selection for spontaneous hypertension was then started. To NIH in 1966 from Okamoto at F13. To Charles River from NIH in 1973 at F32.
Growth chart data should be used as a guideline only.
The shaded areas on each chart are the mean weight plus or minus one standard deviation at a given age averaged across all production facilities. This represents approximately 67% of the population, with the remaining 33% falling outside of this weight range.
UNIT: 2
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Spontaneously Hypertensive (SHR) Rat Details
Okamoto, Kyoto School of Medicine, 1963, from outbred Wistar Kyoto male with marked elevation of blood pressure mated to female with slightly elevated blood pressure. Brother x sister mating with continued selection for spontaneous hypertension was then started. To NIH in 1966 from Okamoto at F13. To Charles River from NIH in 1973 at F32.
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- Pulse Pressure for SHR/NCrl Rat Colony Fed 5L79 Diet (January – June 2007)
- Blood Pressure for Female SHR/NCrl Rat Colony (Female Data Set 1: February - June 2007)
- Blood Pressure for Male SHR/NCrl Rat Colony (Male Data Set 3: Male Data Set 1 & 2 combined)
- Blood Pressure for Male SHR/NCrl Rat Colony (Male Data Set 2: January - June 2007)
- Blood Pressure for Male SHR/NCrl Rat Colony (Male Data Set 1: March - June 2006)
- Blood Pressure Characterization of Hypertensive and Control Rats for Cardiovascular Studies
Informational Resources: Spontaneously Hypertensive (SHR) Rat
Scientific Poster
Baseline Colony Data