| EAAT | excitatory amino acid transporter |
| GLAST | glutamate/aspartate-transporter |
| GLT1 | glutamate transporter 1 |
| ASCT | neutral amino acid transporter |
| SLC1 | solute carrier 1 |
| MFS | major facilitator superfamily |
| APC | amino acid-Polyamine-organoCation |
| TBOA | d,l-threo-b-benzyloxyaspartate |
| AMPA | α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid |
| NMDA | N-methyl-d-aspartate |
| SNAT | sodium-coupled neutral amino acid transporter |
| vGluT | vesicular glutamate transporter |
| NF-κB | nuclear factor-κB |
| KBBP | κB-motif binding phosphoprotein |