AMPARs	α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
SHANK	SH3 and ankyrin repeat domains protein
ASD	Autism spectrum disorders
AQPs	Aquaporins
BBB	Blood brain barrier
BMECs	Brain microvascular endothelial cells
BDNF	Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
Bral1	Brain-specific hyaluronan-binding protein 1
Bral2	Brain-specific hyaluronan-binding protein 2
Crtl1	Cartilage-linking protein 1
VAMP3	Cellubrevin
CS	Chondroitin sulphate
CSPGs	Chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans
ChABC	Chondroitinase ABC
DAI	Diffuse axonal injury
GAG-GAG	Disaccharide polymers glucosaminoglycan- glucosaminoglycan
DLG4	Discs Large MAGUK scaffold protein 4
VAMP8	Endobrevin
ECM	Extracellular matrix
Gal	Galactose
GalNAc	Galactose-N-acetylogalactosamine
GABA	Gamma-aminobutyric acid
GCS	Glasgow Coma Scale
GPI	Glycosylphosphatidylinositol
GlcA	Glucosamine
GAGs	Glucosaminoglycans
GlcNAc	Glucose N-acetyloglucosamine
GlcA-GlcNAc	Glucuronic acid–acetylogalactosamine
GlcA	Glucuronic acid
GKAP	Guanylate kinase-associated protein
GK	Guanylate kinase-like domain
HOMER	Homer protein
HAPLN-1, -3 and -4	Hyaluronan and proteoglycan binding link protein
HAS	Hyaluronan synthase
HA	Hyaluronic acid (hyaluronan,
IdoA	Iduronic acid
MAGUK	Membrane-associated guanylate guanyl kinases
mGluR	Metabotropic glutamate receptor
MMPs	Metalloproteinases
VAMP5	Myobrevin
NRXN1	Neurexin 1
NRXN2	Neurexin 2
NRXN3	Neurexin 3
NLGN1	Neuroligin 1
NLGN3	Neuroligin 3
NLGN4X,	Neuroligin 4, X-linked precursor
NLGN4Y	Neuroligin 4, Y-linked precursor
NLGN	Neuroligin
NMDA(R)	N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors
PD	Parkinson’s disease
PNNs	Perineuronal nets
PSD	Postsynaptic densities
PSD95/DLG4	Postsynaptic density protein-95
PAZ	Presynaptic active zone
NRXN1, NRXN2, NRXN3	Neurexin 1,2,3
PGs	Proteoglycans
SNAP	Soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment protein
SNARE	Soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment protein receptor
SVs	Synaptic vesicles
VAMP1/VAMP2; VAMP1/2	Synaptobrevin ½
Syp	Synaptophysin
SNAP-25	Synaptosomal nerve-associated protein 25
v-SNAREs	Vesicle-associated SNARE proteins
Syt-1	Synaptotagmin 1
t-SNAREs	Target-localized SNARE proteins
Tn-C	Tenascin-C
Tn-R	Tenascin-R
TJs	Tight junctions
Ti-VAMP	Tetanus-Insensitive VAMP
TIMP	Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase
TBI	Traumatic brain injury
Trk(R)	Tropomyosin receptor kinase B
VAMP4	Vesicle-associated membrane protein 4
VAMP	Vesicle-associated membrane protein
VAMP7	Vesicle-associated membrane protein 7