| MDD | Major depressive disorder |
| US | Ultrasound stress |
| BDNF | Brain-derived neurotrophic factor |
| TrkB | Tropomyosin receptor kinase B |
| TrkB-FL | Full-length tropomyosin receptor kinase B |
| TrkB-T | Truncated tropomyosin receptor kinase B |
| IL | Interleukin |
| DSM-5 | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition |
| SSD | Somatic symptom disorder |
| HPA | Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal |
| NMDA | N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor |
| CORT | Corticosterone |
| PSD95 | Postsynaptic density protein 95 |
| PSA-NCAM | Polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule |
| TNF | Tumor necrosis factor |
| MyD88 | Myeloid differentiation primary response 88 |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor kappa B |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| mRNA | Messenger ribonucleic acid |
| i.c.v. | Intracerebroventricular |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| RIT | Resident–intruder test |
| SI | Social interaction |
| ARRIVE | Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments |
| RT-qPCR | Reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| cDNA | Complementary DNA |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |