Molecular marker abbreviations

Abbreviation

Name

5HT-3

serotonin receptor 3

a-act2

alpha actinin 2

AChE

acetylcholinesterase

AMIGO2

amphoterin-induced gene and ORF (open reading frame) 2

AR-beta1

andrenergic beta 1 recepeptor

AR-beta2

andrenergic beta 2 recepeptor

BDNF

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor

Bok

Bcl-2-related ovarian killer protein

Caln

calcineurin

CaM

calmodulin

CB

calbindin

CB1

cannabinoid receptor type 1

CCK

cholecystokinin

CGRP

calcitonin gene related peptide

ChAT

choline acetyltransferase

Chrna2

acetylcholine receptor alpha 2 subunit

CoupTF II

chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factor II; ARP-1

CR

calretinin

CRF

corticotropin-releasing factor

Ctip2

COUP-TF interacting protein 2

Cx36

connexin-36

CXCR4

chemokine receptor type 4

Disc1

disrupted in schizophrenia 1

DYN

dynorphin

EAAT3

excitatory amino acid transporter 3

ENK

enkephalin

ErbB4

Erb-B2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinase 4

GABAa /alpha1

GABA-a alpha 1 subunit

GABAa /delta

GABA-a delta subunit

GABAa/alpha 2

GABA-a alpha 2 subunit

GABAa/alpha 3

GABA-a alpha 3 subunit

GABAa/alpha 4

GABA-a alpha 4 subunit

GABAa/alpha 5

GABA-a alpha 5 subunit

GABAa/alpha 6

GABA-a alpha 6 subunit

GABAa/beta 1

GABA-a beta 1 subunit

GABAa/beta 2

GABA-a beta 2 subunit

GABAa/beta 3

GABA-a beta 3 subunit

GABAa/gamma 1

GABA-a gamma 1 subunit

GABAa/gamma 2

GABA-a gamma 2 subunit

GABA-B1

GAT-1

GABA transporter-1

GAT-3

GABA transporter-3

GluA1

AMPA receptor 1

GluA2/3

AMPA receptor 2/3; GluR2/3 (AMPAR 2/3); GluA2/3

GluA2

AMPA receptor 2

GluA3

AMPA receptor 3

GluA4

AMPA receptor 4

GlyT2

glycine transporter 2

Id-2

inhibitor of DNA binding 2

Kv3.1

potassium voltage-gated channel 3.1

Man1a

mannosidase 1,alpha

Math-2

mGluR1

metabotropic glutamate receptor 1

mGluR1a

metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 alpha

mGluR2/3

metabotrobic glutamate receptor 2/3

mGluR2

metabotrobic glutamate receptor 2

mGluR3

metabotrobic glutamate receptor 3

mGluR4

metabotrobic glutamate receptor 4

mGluR5

metabotrobic glutamate receptor 5

mGluR5a

metabotrobic glutamate receptor 5a

mGluR7a

metabotropic glutamate receptor 7a

mGluR8a

metabotropic glutamate receptor 8a

MOR

mu-opioid receptor

Mus1R

muscarinic type 1 rec

Mus2R

Muscarinic type 2 rec

Mus3R

muscarinic type 3 rec

Mus4R

muscarinic type 4 rec

NECAB1

neuronal calcium-binding protein 1

Neuropilin2

NG

neurogranin

NKB

neurokinin B; tachykinin-3; preprotachykinin B (PPTB)

nNOS

neuronal nitric oxide synthase

NPY

neuropeptide Y

PCP4

Purkinje cell protein 4

p-CREB

phosphorylated cyclic AMP response element binding protein

PPE

preproenkephalin

PPTA

preprotachykininA; substance P

Prox1

prospero homeobox protein 1

PSA-NCAM

polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule

PV

parvalbumin

RLN

reelin

SATB1

special adenine-thymine (AT)-rich DNA-binding protein 1

SATB2

special adenine-thymine (AT)-rich DNA-binding protein 2

SCIP

POU domain transcription factor SCIP

SOM

somatostatin

SPO

synaptoporin

sub P rec

substance P rec; neurokinin receptor-1

Sub P

Substance P

TH

tyrosine hydroxylase

vAChT

vesicular acetylcholine transporter

vGAT

vesicular GABA transporter; vesicular inhibitory amino acid transporter (viaat)

vGlut1

vesicular glutamate transporter 1

vGluT2

vesicular glutamate transporter 2

vGluT3

vesicular glutamate transporter 2

VILIP

visinin-like protein 1

VIP

vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

Y1

neuropeptide Y receptor 1

Y2

neuropeptide Y receptor 2