| NS | Nervous system |
| pSCs | Primary somatic cells |
| SV40 | Simian virus 40 large T antigen |
| TERT | Human telomerase reverse transcriptase |
| NSCs | Neural stem cells |
| CpBCs | Chiropteran primary brain cells |
| CiBCs | Chiropteran immortalized brain cells |
| COI | Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| P/S | Penicillin–streptomycin |
| sP | Standard plate |
| DMEM/F-12 | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium/Nutrient Mixture F-12 |
| Glutamax | GlutaMAX™ supplement |
| NEEA | MEM Non-Essential Amino Acids solution |
| N-2 | N-2 supplement |
| B-27 | B-27™ supplement |
| hFGF | Human basic fibroblast growth factor |
| hEGF | Human epidermal growth factor |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| WB | Western blot |
| TBS | Tris-buffered saline |
| TBS-T | Tris-buffered saline containing 0.05–2% Tween-20 |
| IF | Immunofluorescence |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| FC | Fold-change |
| GOBP | Gene Ontology Biological Process |
| MSigDB Hallmark | Molecular Signatures Database Hallmark |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| VIM | Vimentin |
| SMA | Alpha-smooth muscle actin |
| GFAP | Glial fibrillary acidic protein |
| panCK | Pan-keratin |
| SYN | Synaptophysin |
| NF200 | Neurofilament 200 |
| VWF | Von Willebrand factor |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| NES | Normalized Enrichment Score |