A1:2	noradrenergic cell groups
ACTH	adrenocorticotropic hormone
Adr	adrenaline
Amb	ambigous nucleus
AMY	amygdala
AP	area postrema
ARC	arcuate nucleus
AV3V	anteroventral periventricular area
AVP	arginine vasopressin
AVPV	rostral periventricular region of the third ventricle
BDNF	brain-derived neurotrophic factor
BNST	bed nucleus of the stria terminalis
C1, 2	adrenergic cell groups
CNS	central nervous system
CORT	glucocorticoids: in humans, cortisol; in rodents, corticosterone
CPP	conditioned place preference
CRH	corticotropin-releasing hormone
CXCR4	C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 receptor
DMN	dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus
DMX	dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve (nerve X)
DREADDs	designer receptors exclusively activated by designer drugs
ERK	extracellular signal-regulated kinase ½
FSH	folliculus-stimulating hormone
GABA	gamma-amonibutyric acid
GAD	glutamic acid decarboxylase
GFP	green fluorescent protein
GnIH	gonadotropin inhibitory hormone
GnRH	gonadotropin-releasing hormone
GPCR	G-protein coupled receptor
GRP	gastrin-releasing peptide
HC	hippocampus
HPA	hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical axis
HPG	hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis
HTH	hypothalamus
ICV	intracerebroventricularly
IHC	immunohistochemistry
IML	intermediolateral cell column of the spinal cord
IR	immunoreactivity
ISH	in situ hybridization
IT	intrathecally
KISS1R	kisspeptin receptor
KNDy	neurons coexpressing kisspeptin, neurokinin B, and dynorphin
KO	knockout
KP	kisspeptin
LC	locus coeruleus
LH	luteinizing hormone
LHA	lateral hypothalamic area
LPXRFamide	leucine(L)–proline(P)–X-RFamide
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
MCH	melanin-concentrating hormone
NA	noradrenaline
NK	neurokinin
NPAF	neuropeptide AF
NPFF	neuropeptide FF
NPFFR	neuropeptide FF receptor
NPSF	neuropeptide SF
NPVF	neuropeptide VF, the human equivalent of RFRP-3
NPY	neuropeptide Y
NTS	nucleus of the solitary tract
NUCB2	nucleobindin-2 protein
OVX	ovariectomized
PACAP	pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide
PAG	periaqueductal gray matter
PeN	periventricular hypothalamic nucleus
PFC	prefrontal cortex
POA	preoptic area of the hypothalamus
POMC	pro-opio–melanocortin
PRL	prolactin
PrRP	prolactin-releasing peptide
PrRPR/PRLHR	PrRP receptor
PTSD	post-traumatic stress disorder
PVN	paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus
QRFP	pyroglutamylated RFamide peptide/QRFP receptor
QRFPR	QRFP receptor
RFRP	RFamide-related peptide/RFRP receptor
RFRPR	RFRP receptor
RT-PCR	reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
SAM	sympathoadrenomedullary system
SON	supraoptic nucleus
TH	tyrosine hydroxylase
VGAT	vesicular GABA transporter
VGLUT	vesicular glutamate transporter
VMN	ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus