AD	Alzheimer’s disease
Aβ	Abeta
APP	β-amyloid precursor protein
MALDI-TOF	Matrix-assisted-laser-desorption ionization time-of-flight
pyroGlu-3, AβpE3-x	pyroglutamate Abeta starting with position 3
Asp-1	Abeta starting with aspartate at position 1
Ala-2	Abeta starting with alanine at position 2
Phe-4	Abeta starting with phenylalanine at position 4
Arg-5	Abeta starting with arginine at position 5
fEPSP	field excitatory postsynaptic potential
PPF	paired-pulse facilitation
Ca2+	calcium 2+
PTP	post-tetanic potentiation
STP	short-term potentiation
LTP	long-term potentiation
NMDA	N-methyl-D-aspartate
RM-ANOVA	repeated measures ANOVA
WT	wildtype
IO curve	input–output curve
PS1	presenilin-1
Swe	Swedish
Flo	Florida
Lon	London
Ind	Indiana
m	age in months
n.a.	not analyzed
↓	decreased
↑	increased
sec	seconds
min	minutes