| ACE | Abundance-based Coverage Estimator |
| ADHD | Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder |
| ADHD-IV-RS | ADHD Rating Scale IV |
| ASV | Amplicon Sequence Variant |
| BBB | Blood-Brain Barrier |
| BDNF | Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor |
| Bf-688 | Bifidobacterium bifidum strain Bf-688 |
| CBCL | Child Behaviour Checklist |
| C-GAS | Child Global Assessment Scale |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| CPT | Continuous Performance Test |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DSM-IV | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition |
| DSM-IV-TR | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision |
| DSM-5 | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition |
| FFQ | Food Frequency Questionnaire |
| GABA | Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid |
| GWAS | Genome-Wide Association Studies |
| HDACs | Histone Deacetylases |
| ICD-10 | International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision |
| ITS | Internal Transcribed Spacer |
| JBI | Joanna Briggs Institute |
| K-ARS | Korean ADHD Rating Scale |
| K-SADS | Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia |
| MR | Mendelian Randomization |
| MeSH | Medical Subject Headings |
| OTUs | Operational Taxonomic Units |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| RDP | Ribosomal Database Project |
| RoB | Risk of Bias |
| RoB 2 | Revised Cochrane Risk of Bias tool for randomized trials |
| ROBINS-I | Risk of Bias In Non-randomized Studies–of Interventions |
| ROB-MR | Risk of Bias in Mendelian Randomization |
| RCT | Randomized Controlled Trial |
| SCFAs | Short-Chain Fatty Acids |
| SDQ | Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire |
| SNAP-IV | Swanson, Nolan and Pelham Questionnaire IV |
| UHGG | Unified Human Gastrointestinal Genome |