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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hippocampus. 2013 Jul 10;23(9):751–785. doi: 10.1002/hipo.22141

Table 1.

List of abbreviations for neurochemical markers, cell types, and CA1 strata.

Marker Long name
CB calbindin
CB1R CB1 cannabinoid receptor
CCK cholecystokinin
CR calretinin
COUP-TFII COUP transcription factor 2
M2R muscarinic acetylcholine receptor type 2
mGluR1α metabotropic glutamate receptor type 1α
mGluR8 metabotropic glutamate receptor type 8
nNOS neuronal nitric oxide synthase
NPY neuropeptide Y
PV parvalbumin
SOM somatostatin
VIP vasoactive intestinal polypeptide
Cell type Long name
ADI Apical dendritic innervating
IS Interneuron specific
PPA Perforant path-associated
SCA Schaffer Collateral-associated
Layer Layer name
SO stratum oriens
SP stratum pyramidale
SR stratum radiatum
SLM stratum lacunosum-moleculare