| ADHD | attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| ASD | autism spectrum disorder |
| C | cerebellum |
| CAM | cameleon |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CNV | copy number variation |
| CRISPR | clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| D | diencephalon |
| DD | developmental delay |
| DPF | days post fertilization |
| GFP | green fluorescent protein |
| GLRA2 | glycine receptor alpha 2 |
| GlyR | glycine receptor |
| ID | intellectual disability |
| M | midbrain |
| MHB | midbrain-hindbrain boundary |
| MO | morpholino |
| MPEP | 2-methyl-6-(phenylethynyl)pyridine |
| MPH | methylphenidate |
| H: | hindbrain |
| HA | habenula |
| HPF | hours post fertilization |
| HYP | hypothalamus |
| OB | olfactory bulb |
| ON | optic nerve |
| ORR | optic recess region |
| OV | otic vesicle |
| PAL | pallium |
| PB | pineal body |
| PFOS | perfluorooctane sulfonate |
| PTZ | pentylenetetrazol |
| R | retina |
| RFP | red fluorescent protein |
| r1–r7 | rhombomeres 1 to 7 |
| SUB | sub-pallium |
| T | telencephalon |
| TEG | tegmentum |
| UV | ultra violet |
| VPA | valproic acid |
| YFP | yellow fluorescent protein |