5-HT	5-hydroxytryptamine, serotonin
ADHD	Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
ACMG	American College of Medical Genetics
AGP	Autism Genome Project
ArgK	Arginine kinase
ASD	Autism spectrum disorder
CGH	Comparative genomic hybridization
CNV	Copy number variant
COMT	Catechol-O-methyltransferase
CSPα	Cysteine-string protein alpha
DAT	Dopamine transporter, SLC6A3
DLB	Dementia with Lewy bodies
DOPAC	3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid
DRG	Dorsal root ganglia
ENT	Entopeduncular nucleus
FC	Frontal cortex
FMR1	Fragile X mental retardation 1, FMRP Translational Regulator 1
FXPOI	Fragile X-associated primary ovarian insufficiency
FXS	Fragile X syndrome
FXTAS	Fragile X-associated tremor ataxia syndrome
GP	Globus pallidus
GPR37	Parkin-associated endothelin-receptor like receptor, Pael-R
GWAS	Genome-wide association studies
HC	Hippocampus
HVA	Homovanillic acid, catecholamine metabolite
ICB	Impulse control behavior
IHC	Immunohistochemistry
KO	Knock-out
LBD	Lewy body disease
LCR	Low copy repeat
LDLR	Low-density lipoprotein receptor
L-Dopa	Levodopa, L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine
LRP6	Related protein 6
MECP 2	Methyl-CpG Binding Protein 2
Mmrn1	Multimerin 1
MPTP	Methyl-phenyl-tetrahydropyridine
MSA	Multiple system atrophy
mTOR	Mammalian target of rapamycin
NAHR	Non-allelic homologous recombination
nDA	Dopaminergic nigral neurons
NLGN	Neuroligin
NPC	Neural precursors cells
NRXN	Neurexin
OCD	Obsessive-compulsive disorders
PARK2	Parkin RBR E3 ubiquitin protein ligase, PRKN
PC	Posterior cortex
PD	Parkinson’s disease
PDD	Parkinson’s disease dementia
PKM 2	Pyruvate kinase isozymes M2
PSP	Progressive supranuclear palsy
RdhB	Reductive dehalogenase anchoring protein
SHANK	Multiple Ankyrin Repeat Domains
SN	Substantia nigra
SNARE	Soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment protein receptor proteins
SNCA	Alpha-synuclein gene
SNP	Single nucleotide polymorphism
SNpc	Substantia nigra pars compacta
SSV	Small structural variants
SYT11	Synaptotagmin XI
TH	Tyrosine hydroxylase
TSC1/2	Tuberous Sclerosis 1/2 Protein
UCSC	University of California Santa Cruz
VAMP2	Vesicle-associated membrane protein-2, synaptobrevin-2
VEN	Von Economo neurons
VMAT2	Vesicular monoamine transporter
VPS35,VPS4	Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 35 and 4
VTA	Ventral tegmental area
α-syn	Alpha-synuclein protein
α-Syn-KO	Alpha-synuclein knockout model
β-syn	Beta-synuclein
γ-syn	Gamma-synuclein