| ADHD | attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |
| ARRIVE | Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments |
| d,l-MPH | racemic d,l-methylphenidate |
| DAT | dopamine transporter |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| dpc | days post coitum |
| FSH | follicle-stimulating hormone |
| GRADE | Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation |
| HED | human-equivalent dose |
| H3K4me3 | trimethylation of lysine 4 on histone H3 |
| H3K9me3 | trimethylation of lysine 9 on histone H3 |
| H4K20me3 | trimethylation of lysine 20 on histone H4 |
| I2 | I-squared statistic |
| i.p. | intraperitoneal |
| i.v. | intravenous |
| LDX | lisdexamfetamine |
| LH | luteinizing hormone |
| MEDLINE | Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online |
| MPH | methylphenidate |
| NET | norepinephrine transporter |
| NR | not reported |
| p53 | tumor protein p53 |
| PND | postnatal day |
| ppm | parts per million |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| SYRCLE | Systematic Review Centre for Laboratory animal Experimentation |
| TNF-α | tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| TUNEL | terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate nick-end labeling |