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. 2025 May 28;26(11):5179. doi: 10.3390/ijms26115179
ACTH Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
ADME Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion
AIS Athens Insomnia Scale
API Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient
BDI Beck Depression Inventory
BIS/BAS Behavioral Inhibition System/Behavioral Activation System
BL-VAS Bond–Lader Visual Analog Scale
CAR Cortisol Awakening Response
CANTAB Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery
CFS Chalder Fatigue Scale
CYP Cytochrome P450
EEG Electroencephalogram
ENS Enteric Nervous System
EAT Eating Attitudes Test
ESS Epworth Sleepiness Scale
FAST™ Fatigue Avoidance Scheduling Tool
FFQ Food Frequency Questionnaire
FMT Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
GABA γ-Aminobutyric Acid
GAD Generalized Anxiety Disorder
GASS Glasgow Antipsychotic Side-effect Scale
GH Growth Hormone
GHQ General Health Questionnaire
GI-VAS Gastrointestinal Visual Analogue Scale
Glu Glutamate
HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
HAMA-14 Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale-14
HDRS-17 Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-17
HDT Head-Down Tilt
HLU Hindlimb Unloading
IBD Inflammatory Bowel Disease
IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome
IPAQ International Physical Activity Questionnaire
ipRGCs Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells
ISI Insomnia Severity Index
ISS International Space Station
LED Light-Emitting Diode
LEIDS-R Leiden Index of Depression Sensitivity-Revised
LIR Lymphocyte Irradiation Response
LOT-R Life Orientation Test-Revised
MDA Malondialdehyde
MEQ Morningness–Eveningness Questionnaire
MGBA Microbiota–Gut–Brain Axis
MPSs Microphysiological Systems
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NSBRI National Space Biomedical Research Institute
OSA Obstructive Sleep Apnea
PASA Post-Acute Stress Assessment
PBPK Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic
PD Pharmacodynamics
PHQ Patient Health Questionnaire
PK Pharmacokinetics
POMS Profile of Mood States
PSG Polysomnography
PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
PSS Perceived Stress Scale
REM Rapid Eye Movement
RCSQ Richards–Campbell Sleep Questionnaire
SAS Self-Rating Anxiety Scale
SCFAs Short-Chain Fatty Acids
SCN Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
SDS Self-Rating Depression Scale
SF-36 36-Item Short Form Health Survey
SOD Superoxide Dismutase
SRI Stress Response Inventory
SRSS Self-Rating Sleep Scale
SSLA Solid-State Lighting Assemblies
STAI State–Trait Anxiety Inventory
SWS Slow-Wave Sleep
TCI Temperament and Character Inventory
TCM Traditional Chinese Medicine
USP United States Pharmacopeia
VAS Visual Analogue Scale
VSH Verran Snyder–Halpern Sleep Scale
WASO Wake After Sleep Onset