| TSPO | 18 kDa translocator protein |
| GABA | gamma-aminobutyric acid |
| HUGO | human genome organization |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| ALA | 5-amino-laevulinic acid |
| CRISPR/Cas9 | clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats and CRISPR-associated protein 9 |
| Iba1 | ionized calcium binding adaptor molecule 1 |
| GFAP | glial fibrillary acidic protein |
| DPA-713 | N,N-diethyl-2-[2-(4-[methoxyphenyl)-5,7-dimethyl-pyrazolo-[1,5-α]pyrimidin-3-yl]-acetamide |
| GABAA receptors | gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptors |