50+	Older than 50 years of age
Δ	Difference, after treatment – before treatment
Δr	Relative difference, (after treatment – before treatment)/before treatment
a.s.l.	Above sea level
ACTH	Adrenocorticotropic hormone, corticotropin
AKR1Cs	Subfamily 1C aldoketoreductases
AKR1D1	Steroid 5β-reductase
AMPA	α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors
CRH	Corticotropin releasing hormone, corticoliberin
CNS	Central nervous system
CYP3A4	Steroid 7β- and 16α-hydroxylating enzyme
CYP3A7	Steroid 7β- and 16α-hydroxylating enzyme
CYP11A1	Cholesterol desmolase
CYP17A1	Steroid C17-hydroxylase-C17,20-lyase
CYP19A1	Aromatase
CYP21A2	Steroid 21-hydroxylase
CYP7B1	Steroid 7α- and 16α-hydroxylating enzyme
CYP11B1	Steroid 11β-hydroxylase
CYP11B2	Aldosterone synthase
DHEA	Dehydroepiandrosterone
DHEAS	Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate
GABAAR	Type A γ-aminobutyric acid receptors
GC-MS/MS	Gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry
GlyR	Glycine receptors
HPAA	Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
HSD3B1	Type 1 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase - Δ5/Δ4 isomerase
HSD3B1	Type 2 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase - Δ5/Δ4 isomerase
HSD11B1	Type 1 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
HSD17Bs	17-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases
KAR	Kainate receptors
L-type VGCC	Long-lasting activation voltage-gated calcium channels
MR	Ordinary multiple regression
mRNA	Messenger ribonucleic acid
NMDAR	N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors
OPLS	Multivariate regression, method of orthogonal predictions to latent structure
PXR	Pregnane X receptors
SRD5As	Steroid 5α-reductases
STS	Steroid sulfotransferase
SULT2A1	Type 2A1 steroid sulfotransferase
T-type VGCC	Transient-opening voltage-gated calcium channels
TRPC5	Short transient receptor potential channel 5
TRPM3	Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 3, melastatin 3 receptors
TRPV1	Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1, capsaicin receptors
ZF	Adrenal zona fasciculata
ZR	Adrenal zona reticularis