| ACh | Acetylcholine |
| APE | Arecaidine propargyl ester |
| cAMP | Cyclic adenosine monophosphate |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| DRG | Dorsal Root Ganglion |
| DIV | Day in vitro |
| FBS | Foetal bovine serum |
| Fsk | Forskolin |
| GFAP | Glial fibrillary acidic protein |
| GGF-2 | Glial growth factor 2 |
| hSCs | Human Schwann cells |
| IP3 | Inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate |
| mAChRs | Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors |
| MBP | Myelin basic protein |
| MTS | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium, inner salt |
| NRG1 | Neuregulin 1 |
| NGF | Nerve growth factor |
| P0 | Myelin protein 0 |
| P1, P2, P3 | Patient 1, 2, 3 |
| PMP22 | Peripheral myelin protein 22 |
| PNIs | Peripheral Nervous Injuries |
| PNS | Peripheral Nervous System |
| PSC | Perisynaptic Schwann cell |
| RT | Room temperature |
| SDS | Sodium dodecyl sulphate |
| SEM | standard error of the mean |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscopy |
| α-Btx | α-bungarotoxin |