| PI(4,5)P2 | Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate |
| SCG | Superior cervical ganglion |
| VSP | Voltage Sensitive phosphatase |
| FRET | Förster resonance energy transfer |
| VTA | Ventral tegmental area |
| IP3 | Inositol trisphosphate |
| DAG | Diacylglycerol |
| EtOH | Ethanol |
| PrOH | Propanol |
| TEA | Tetraethylammonium |
| M1R | M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor |
| Oxo-M | oxotremorine-M |
| PI(4)P | phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate |
| PIPKIγ | phosphatidylinositol phosphate 5-kinase Iγ |
| mAHP | medium afterhyperpolarization |
| Ci-VSP | Ciona intestinalis VSP |
| GIRK | G protein-gated inwardly rectifying potassium |
| Dr-VSP | Danio rerio VSP |
| PH(PLCδ1) | pleckstrin homology domain of phospholipase C-δ1 |
| GABA | γ-Aminobutyric acid |
| NMDA | N-methyl-d-aspartate |