| AT/RT | Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor |
| AURK | Aurora Kinase |
| AURKA | Aurora Kinase A |
| AURKB | Aurora Kinase B |
| AURKC | Aurora Kinase C |
| B3LYP | Becke-3-Lee Yang Parr |
| BBB | Blood Brain Barrier |
| CNS MPO | Central Nervous System Multi-Parameter Optimization |
| CYP450 | Cytochrome P450 |
| DFT | Density Functional Theory |
| EBT | Embryonal Brain Tumor |
| G3-MB | Group 3 MB |
| G4-MB | Group 4 MB |
| GBM | Glioblastoma multiforme |
| hERG | Human Ether-a-go-go-related gene |
| IC50 | Half Maximal Inhibitory Concentration |
| LogP | Lipophilicity |
| MB | Medulloblastoma |
| MRT | Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor |
| MW | Molecular Weight |
| PB | Polo-box |
| PBD | Protein Data Bank |
| PI | Propidium Iodide |
| PK | Protein Kinase |
| PKI | Protein Kinase Inhibitor |
| PLK | Polo-like Kinase |
| PLK4 | Polo-like kinase 4 |
| PLK4i | Polo-like kinase 4 inhibitor |
| PSA | Polar Surface Area |
| RT | Rhabdoid Tumor |
| SAR | Structure-Activity Relationship |
| SHH | Sonic hedgehog |
| STM | Signal Transduction Modifiers |
| TPSA | Total Polar Surface Area |
| TRK | Tropomyosin Receptor Kinase |