| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| Ca2+ | calcium |
| CDDP | cisplatin (cis-dichlorodiamminoplatinum) |
| CRU | Ca2+ release unit |
| D-AG | des-acyl ghrelin |
| DAG | diacylglycerol |
| DHPR | dihydropyridine receptor |
| EDL | extensor digitorum longus muscle |
| GH | growth hormone |
| GHRH | growth hormone-releasing hormone |
| GPCR | G protein-coupled receptor |
| GHRP | growth hormone-releasing peptides |
| GHS | growth hormone secretagogues |
| GHS-R1a | GHS receptor type 1a |
| GHS-R1b | GHS receptor type 1b |
| GOAT | ghrelin O-acyl-transferase |
| ICaL- INa | inward current |
| IGF-I | insulin-like growth factor-I |
| IP | inositol phosphate |
| IP3 | inositol triphosphate |
| IR | ischemia/reperfusion |
| Ito | transient outward current |
| LBM | lean body mass |
| MBOAT | membrane- bound O-acyltrasferase |
| Mfn2 | mitofusin2 |
| Murf-1 | muscle RING-finger protein-1 |
| NO | nitric oxide |
| Orai1 | calcium release-activated calcium modulator 1 |
| PGC-1α | proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1α |
| PNL | phospholamban |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| RyR | ryanodine receptors |
| SERCA | Sarco-Endoplasmic Reticulum Calcium ATPase |
| SERCA2a | sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ loading ability |
| SOCE | store-operated Ca2+ entry |
| Stim1 | stromal interaction molecule |
| Trp | tryptophan |
| TZP-101 | Ulimorelin |
| UAC | unacylated ghrelin |