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. 2020 Oct 9;21(20):7452. doi: 10.3390/ijms21207452
AA3 Anemoside A3
AD Alzheimer’s disease
AICD APP intracellular domain
AMPA α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4isoxasolepropionic acid
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
APP Amyloid precursor protein
Amyloid-β
BDNF Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
BACE1 β-site APP cleaving enzyme 1
CA1 cornu ammonis 1
CAMKII Calmodulin-dependent kinase II
Cdk-5 Cyclin Dependent Kinase-5
CK1/2 Casein kinase 1/2
CNS Central nervous system
CREB Cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element binding protein
CTEP 2-chloro-4-[2-[2,5-dimethyl-1-[4-(trifluoromethoxy)phe-nyl]imidazol-4-yl]ethynyl] pyridine
DARPP-32 Dopamine and cyclic adenosine monophosphate-regulated neuronal phosphoprotein
DCG-IV (2S,2′R,3′R)-2-(2′,3′-dicarboxycyclopropyl)glycine
DHA Dihydrokainic acid
DHPG 3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycone
EAATs Excitatory aminoacid transporters
EphB2 Ephrin ligand receptor
ERK Extracellular signal-related kinase
GABA Gamma-Aminobutyric acid
GCPII Glutamate caboxypeptidase II
GDNF Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factors
GPCRs G protein-coupled receptors
GSK3β Glycogen synthase kinase 3-β
HMW High-molecular-weight
HNE 4-Hydroxy-2-noneal
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinase
LTD Long-term depression
LTP Long-term potentiation
LMW Low-molecular-weight
mTOR mammalian Target of Rapamycin
MAP Microtubule associated protein
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
mPTP mitochondrial permeability transition pore
MTEP 3-((2-methyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl)ethynyl)pyridine
NAA N-acetylaspartate
NAAG N-acetylaspartylglutamate
NAAGS-I NAAG synthetase I
NAM Negative allosteric modulator
NFTs Neurofibrillary tangles
NMDA N-methyl-D-aspartate
Non-PDPKs Non-proline-directed protein kinases
PAG Phosphate-activated glutaminase
PAM Positive allosteric modulator
PSD95 Postsynaptic density protein 95
PDPKs Proline-directed protein kinases
PI Polyphosphoinositide
PKA Protein kinase A
PrPc Cellular prion protein
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SAM Silent allosteric modulator
sAPPα Soluble APPα
sAPPβ Soluble APPβ
STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
STEP61 Striatal-enriched protein tyrosine phosphatase 61
TARP TCR Gamma Alternate Reading Frame Protein
TCA Tricaboxylic acid
TGF-β1 Transforming growth factor β1
TMD Transmembrane domain
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor-α
VGLUT1/2 Vesicular glutamate transporters 1 and 2
2-PMPA 2-(phosphonomethyl) pentanedioic acid