| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| ACN | Acetonitrile |
| CORT | Corticosterone |
| CRS | Chronic restraint stress |
| DG | Dentate gyrus |
| EPM | Elevated plus maze |
| ESI+ | Electrospray ionization positive |
| FAO-PWY | Fatty-acid-oxidation superpathway |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| FITC | Fluorescein isothiocyanate |
| FMT | Fecal microbiota transplantation |
| FST | Forced swim test |
| GV-971 | Sodium oligomannate |
| H&E | Hematoxylin and eosin |
| HPA | Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal |
| IBA1 | Ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1 |
| KO | KEGG ortholog |
| KYNA | Kynurenic acid |
| KYN | Kynurenine |
| LDA | Linear discriminant analysis |
| LEfSe | Linear discriminant analysis effect size |
| MDD | Major depressive disorder |
| MFI | Mean fluorescence intensity |
| MRM | Multiple reaction monitoring |
| NE | Norepinephrine |
| NMDS | Non-metric multidimensional scaling |
| OFT | Open field test |
| PCoA | Principal coordinate analysis |
| PERMANOVA | Permutational multivariate analysis of variance |
| PLS-DA | Partial least squares discriminant analysis |
| QUIN | Quinolinic acid |
| SCFA | Short-chain fatty acid |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| SSRI | Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor |
| TCA | Tricarboxylic acid |
| TMAO | Trimethylamine oxide |
| TST | Tail suspension test |
| Trp | Tryptophan |
| 5-HIAA | 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid |
| 5-HT | 5-hydroxytryptamine/serotonin |
| ZF | Zona fasciculata |