Abstract
To study the relationship between genetics and epilepsy, Wistar rats susceptible to audiogenic seizure were selected from the main breeding stock of the Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and inbred. The criteria for selection were the highest seizure severity index (SI) and shortest latencies of the first running fit (LI). Because behavioral response to sound stimulation (120 dB) at 70 to 78 days of age was very stable, SI and LI were evaluated within this age range. Analysis of 9450 observations in 1575 animals from the 3rd to 17th generations demonstrated significant effects of generation, parity, and litter on SI and of generation and litter on LI. The SI and LI averages were, respectively, 37.13 and 22.82 s in the 3rd generation and 83.06 and 7.84 in the 17th generation. Heritabilities of both characters were estimated, by maximum likelihood, as 0.37 +/- 0.066 and 0.44 +/- 0.059, respectively. Because a significant regression related individual breeding values for both SI and LI to generation number, we concluded that genetic selection has a positive impact on the traits analyzed. Therefore, the Wistar audiogenic rat (WAR) strain appears, as per the 17th to 20th generations of genetic selection to be an audiogenic rat strain suitable for epilepsy studies.
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