| JH | Jangwon-hwan |
| ACh | Acetylcholine |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography |
| MS | Mass spectrometry |
| PVDF | Polyvinylidene difluoride |
| CREB | cAMP response element-binding protein |
| ChAT | Choline acetyltransferase |
| NeuN | Neuronal nuclei |
| HRP | Horseradish peroxidase |
| ERK | Extracellular signal-regulated kinase |
| CHRM1 | Cholinergic receptor muscarinic 1 |
| PSD-95 | Postsynaptic density protein 95 |
| mGluR5 | Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 |
| c-FOS | Cellular Fos proto-oncogene |
| CaMKII | Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II |
| SYP | Synaptophysin |
| DNZ | Donepezil |
| LC-MS/MS | Liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry |
| ESI | Electrospray ionization |
| MRM | Multiple reaction monitoring |
| NORT | Novel object recognition test |
| PAT | Passive avoidance test |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| DAB | 3,3′-Diaminobenzidine |
| CA3 | Cornu ammonis 3 region |
| MS | Medial septum |
| DAPI | 4′,6-Diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| DG | Dentate gyrus |
| RIPA | Radioimmunoprecipitation assay |
| TBST | Tris-buffered saline containing 0.1% Tween-20 |
| ECL | Enhanced chemiluminescence |
| Arc | Activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein |
| Shank3 | SH3 and multiple ankyrin repeat domains 3 |
| Syn1 | Synapsin 1 |
| Homer1a | Homer scaffold protein 1a |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| RT | Retention time |