| MDD | Major depressive disorder |
| mPFC | Medial prefrontal cortex |
| FST | Forced swim test |
| SPT | Sucrose preference test |
| DEGs | Differentially expressed genes |
| GSEA | Gene set enrichment analysis |
| PPI | Protein–protein interaction |
| HPA | Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |