Ab’s	Antibodies.
ACPD	Aminocyclopentane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid
ACC	Anterior cingulate cortex
ASP	Aspartic acid, aspartate
aCSF	Artificial cerebrospinal fluid
AP-1	Activating protein-1
ARC	The arcuate nucleus of the mediobasal hypothalamus
BDNF	Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
conc	concentration
D1	Dopamine receptor
D	Day, as in D7 = Day 7
HDAC	Histone deacetylase
i.a.	intra-articular
ICC	Immunocytochemistry
IE	Immediate Early
IEG	Immediate Early Gene
IHC	Immunohistochemistry
IP	Intraparenchymal
K/C	kaolin/carrageenan
lncRNA	Long non-coding RNA, group of RNAs of >200 nucleotides, with limited protein-.coding potential, and having widespread biological functions, including regulation. of transcriptional patterns and protein activity, formation of endogenous small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and natural microRNA (miRNA) sponges
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
LTP	Long term potentiation
MEF2	Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2, is a transcription factor with four specific numbers such as MEF2A, B, C, and D. Each MEF2 gene is located on a specific chromosome
NFkB/Rel	Nuclear Factor kappa B/Rel family
NGF	Nerve growth factor
NLS	Nuclear localization sequence (GluN1 amino acid sequence 82–99)
NMDA	N-methyl-D-aspartate
NoLS	Nucleolar Localization sequence: (GluN1 amino acid sequence 84–95)
NOR	Nucleolus organizing region of a specific chromosome located in the nucleolus
NPC	Neuroprogenitor cells
NPM1	Nucleophosmin-1
NR1	NMDA receptor 1
NR2	NMDA receptor 2
NR3	NMDA receptor 3
Nrf1	Nuclear respiratory factor 1 (transcription factor)
OFT	Open field testing
PC12	Rat clonal cell line derived from a pheochromocytoma of the adrenal medulla
p53	Phosphorylated 53: an oncogene involved in apoptosis
PKA	Protein kinase A
PKC	Protein kinase C
PMA	Phorbol myristate acetate
Pol I: II, III	Polymerase I, II, III
PTK	Non-receptor protein tyrosine kinase
PVN	Paraventricular nucleus
PWL	Paw withdrawal reflex
RE1	Repressor element 1
REV-ERB	Nuclear transcriptional repressor
sc	subcutaneous
siRNA	Small interfering RNA
sol’n	solution
Sp1	Specific protein 1
SH-SY5Y	Human neuroblastoma clonal cells
TSS	Transcription start site
UBF	Upstream Binding Factor