| mdDA | Mesodiencephalic dopaminergic |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| SNc | Substantia nigra |
| VTA | Ventral tegmental area |
| TH | tyrosine hydroxylase |
| DA | Dopamine |
| VMAT2 | vesicular monoamine transporter 2 |
| PITX3 | paired-like homeodomain 3 |
| DAT | dopamine transporter |
| AHD2 | aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 |
| PBX3 | pre-B-cell leukemia homeobox 3 |
| CCK | cholecystokinin |
| WWOX | WW domain-containing oxidoreductase |
| FP | Floor plate |
| BP | Asal plate |
| EN1 | engrailed-1 |
| EZH2 | enhancer of zeste homolog 2 |
| VZ | Ventricular zone |
| bHLH | Basic helix-loop-helix |
| NPC | Neural progenitor cell |
| NK | Natural killer |
| ILC2 | Innate lymphoid cell |
| DN | Double negative |
| TCR | T-cell receptor |
| DP | Double positive |
| SP | Single positive |