| ALS | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| CCN2 | Cyr61/CTGF/NOV family protein 2 |
| CTGF | Connective tissue growth factor |
| DG | dentate gyrus |
| DMD | Duchene muscular dystrophy |
| ECM | extracellular matrix |
| DEPN | dorsal endopiriform nucleus |
| FbCtgf KO | forebrain-specific Ctgf knockout |
| GFAP | glial fibrillary acidic protein |
| Iba1 | ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1 |
| PTZ | pentylenetetrazole |