| MLC | Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts |
| MLC1 | Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts protein 1 |
| Cx | Connexin |
| Cx43 | Connexin 43 |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| BBB | blood-brain barrier |
| GlialCAM | Glial cell adhesion molecule |
| HSF | Human Splicing Finder |
| EEA1 | Early endosome antigen 1 |
| Rab11 | Ras-related protein Rab-11 |
| CHX | Cycloheximide |
| EGF | Epidermal growth factor |
| ERK1/2 | Extracellular-signal regulated kinase 1/2 |
| pERK | phosphorylated- Extracellular-signal regulated kinase |
| EtBr | Ethidium Bromide |
| IgG | Immunoglobulin G |
| Lamp2 | Lysosome-associated membrane protein 2 |
| MAPK | Mitogen activated protein kinase1 |
| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| PD | PD98059 |
| PKA | Protein kinase A |
| PKC | Protein kinase C |
| Src | Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src |
| CK1 | Casein kinase 1 |
| VRAC | Volume regulated anion channel |
| ZO-1 | Zonula occludens-1 |