5HT	Serotonin
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
ALS	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
asd	Asymmetric division
ASD	Autism spectrum disorders,
Aβ	Amyloid β
BDNF	Brain-derived nerve factor
CA1–3	Cornu ammonis fields 1–3
CaM	Calmodulin
CGE	Caudal ganglionic eminence
CP	Cortical plate
CS	Conditioned stimuli
CREB	c-AMP response element binding protein
DAG	Diacyl glycerol
DAPK	Death-associated protein kinase 1
DG	Dentate gyrus
Dlx	Distal-less homeobox
ER	Endoplasmic reticulum
ERK	Extracellular regulated kinase
Ets	E26 transformation-specific transcription factor
FAK	Focal adhesion kinase
FGF8	Fibroblast growth factor 8
GABA	Gamma amino butyric acid
GF	Growth factor
GPCR	G-coupled protein receptors
Grb	Growth factor receptor bond protein
HD	Huntington’s disease
HIF1	Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 transcription factor
HO-1	Heme oxygenase-1
Htt	Huntingtin
IEG	Immediate early gene
IP3	Inositol 3-phosphate
IPC	Intermediate progenitor cell
iPD	Idiopatic Parkinson´s disease
IQGAP1	IQ Motif Containing GTPase Activating Protein 1
IZ	Intermediate zone
IκB	Inhibitor of κB
JNK	c-jun N-terminal kinase
JNKs/SAPK	Jun amino-terminal kinases/stress-activated kinases
KSR	Kinase suppressor of Ras1
KSR	Kinase suppressor of Ras1
LID	L-DOPA-induced dyskinesias
LRRK2	Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2
LTD	Long-term depression
LTP	Long-term potentiation
MAPK	Microtubule-associated protein kinase
MeA	Medial Amygdala
MEK	MAP-ERK kinase
MGE	Medial ganglionic eminence
MKP3	MAP kinase phosphatase 3
MLCK	Myosin light-chain kinase
MP1	MEK partner 1
MPTP	1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine
MZ	Marginal zone
NFT	Neurofibrillary tangles
NFκB	Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NPC	Neural progenitor cell
OT	Oxytocin
OXTR	Oxytocin receptor
PD	Parkinson’s disease
PKC	Protein kinase C
PN1–60	Postnatal day 1–60
PP	Preplate
PRNP	Gene encoding prion protein
PrP	Prion protein
RAF	Rapidly Accelerated Fibrosarcoma
Ras	Rat sarcoma small GTPases protein
RAS	Rat sarcoma small GTPases gene
RLN3	Relaxin 3
RTK	Receptor tyrosine kinase
SBZ	Subventricular zone
sd	Symmetric division
Shc	Src homolog and collagen homolog
SOD1	Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase
SOS	Son of sevenless homolog a guanine exchange factor
SP	Subplate
ST	Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis
STAT3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TM	Tangential migration from ganglionic eminences
TrkB	Tyrosine kinase receptor B
VZ	Ventricular zone
α7nAChR	α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor