| Abbreviation | Full Term |
| AAV | Adeno-Associated Virus |
| AC | Auditory Cortex |
| AD | Alzheimer’s Disease |
| Arch | Archaeal Halorhodopsin |
| α7nACHR | Alpha 7 nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor |
| BDNF | Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor |
| BOLD | Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent |
| GECI | Genetically Encoded Ca2+ Indicators |
| ChR2 | Channelrhodopsin-2 |
| CINP | International College of Neuropsychopharmacology |
| CNO | Clozapine-N-oxide |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| CREB | cAMP Response Element-binding Protein |
| CRISPR | Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats |
| DAAO | D-amino Acid Oxidase |
| dACC | Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex |
| DBS | Deep Brain Stimulation |
| dlPFC | Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex |
| DMT1 | Divalent Metal-ion Transporter-1 |
| DREADDs | Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs |
| dTMS | Deep Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation |
| eBR | Engineered Bacteriorhodopsin |
| ECM | Extracellular Matrix |
| EEG | Electroencephalography |
| EMG | Electromyography |
| EMT | Electromagnetic Therapy |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| fMRI | Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| GABA | Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid |
| GAD | Generalized Anxiety Disorder |
| GENUS | Gamma ENtrainment Using Sensory stimulation |
| GFP | Green Fluorescent Protein |
| Gipr | Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide Receptor |
| GPCR | G-Protein-Coupled Receptor |
| GVs | Gas Vesicles |
| HD | Huntington’s Disease |
| HEK | Human Embryonic Kidney |
| HIF-1α | Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1-alpha |
| hM3Dq | human muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtype M3 |
| hM2Di | human muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtype M2 |
| hM4Di | human muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtype M4 |
| IL | Interleukin |
| INI | Infrared Neural Inhibition |
| INM | Infrared Neuromodulation |
| INS | Infrared Neural Stimulation |
| IR | Infrared |
| K2P | Two-Pore Domain Potassium Channels |
| LIFUS | Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound |
| LTD | Long-Term Depression |
| LTP | Long-Term Potentiation |
| mPFC | Medial Prefrontal Cortex |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| MSC | Mechanosensitive Ion Channels |
| MSCL | Mechanosensitive Channel of Large Conductance |
| NAcc | Nucleus Accumbens |
| NBT | Navigated Brain Therapy |
| NIR-II | Second Near-Infrared Spectral Window |
| NMDA | N-Methyl-D-Aspartate |
| NpHR3.0 | Natronomonas Halorhodopsin 3.0 |
| OCD | Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder |
| OFC | Orbital Frontal Cortex |
| OptoXR | Optogenetic G-protein-Coupled Receptor |
| OxPhos | Oxidative Phosphorylation |
| PBMT | Photobiomodulation Therapy |
| PD | Parkinson’s Disease |
| PEG | Polyethylene Glycol |
| PET | Positron Emission Tomography |
| pm-AuNRs | Plasma-Membrane-targeted Gold Nanorods |
| PSAM | Pharmacologically Selective Actuator Module |
| PSEM | Pharmacologically Selective Effector Molecule |
| POA | Preoptic Area |
| RASSLs | Receptors Activated Solely by Synthetic Ligands |
| RF | Radio Frequency |
| RNS | Responsive Neurostimulation |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| rTMS | Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation |
| S1 | Somatosensory Cortex |
| SCG | Subcallosal Cingulate Gyrus |
| tDCS | Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation |
| TEMT | Transcranial Electromagnetic Therapy |
| TI | Temporal Interference |
| TMAS | Transcranial Magnetoacoustical Stimulation |
| TMS | Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation |
| TRD | Treatment-resistant Depression |
| TREK | TWIK-related K+ Channel |
| TRP | Transient Receptor Potential |
| TRPA1 | Transient Receptor Potential Ankyrin 1 |
| TRPC | Transient Receptor Potential Canonical |
| TRPM2 | Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 2 |
| TRPML | Transient Receptor Potential Mucolipin |
| TRPN | Transient Receptor Potential Drosophila NOMPC |
| TRPP | Transient Receptor Potential Polycystin |
| TRPV1 | Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 |
| TRPV4 | Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 4 |
| TUS | Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation |
| VChR1 | Volvox Channelrhodopsin-1 |
| VC/VS | Ventral Internal Capsule and Ventral Striatum |
| VGCs | Voltage-gated Channels |
| VIP | Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| Y-BOCS | Yale–Brown Obsessive–Compulsive Scale |
| Zn0.4Fe2.6O4 | Zinc-doped Iron Oxide Magnetic Nanoparticles |