Akt	Protein Kinase B
AMPAR	Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid Receptor
BDNF	Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor
CaRE	Ca2+-responsive Element
CDK5	Cell Division Protein Kinase 5
CPu	Caudate and Putamen
CREB	cAMP Response Element-binding Protein
DAG	Diacylglycerol
DhβE	Dihydro-β-erythroidine
ER	Endoplasmic Reticulum
ERK	Extracellular-signal-regulated Kinase
GABA	Gamma Amino-butyric Acid
GLUNR2B	Ionotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 2B
GTP	Guanosine-5′-triphosphate
Htt	Huntingtin
iGluRs	Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors
IP3	Inositol Trisphosphate
KAR	Kainate Receptor
MAGE	Melanoma-associated Antigen
mGluRs	Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors
MLA	Methyllycaconitine
MMP	Matrix-metalloproteinases
mTOR	Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin
NAc	Nucleus Accumbens
nAChRs	Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
NMDAR	N-methyl-d-aspartate Receptor
NRAGE	MAGE Homologue
NRIF	Neurotrophin Receptor-interacting Factor
Ras	Ras GTPase
p75NTR	p75 Neurotrophin Receptor
PC	Proprotein Convertases
PFC	Prefrontal Cortex
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinases
PIP2	Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate
PKC	Protein Kinase C
PLC	Phospholipase C
RhoGDI	Rho GDP-dissociation Inhibitor
SC1	Schwann Cell Factor 1
SH-SY5Y	Thrice-cloned Sub-line of Bone Marrow Biopsy-derived Line SK-N-SH
Shc	SHC-transforming Protein 1
SN	Substantia Nigra
SNARE	SNAP REceptor
SYT6	Synpatotagamin-6
TGN	Trans-Golgi Network
tPA	Tissue-plasminogen Activator
TrkB	Tropomyosin Receptor Kinase B
VTA	Ventral Tegmental Area