AAV	Adeno-associated virus
Amy	Amygdala
AP	Action potential
Au1	Primary auditory cortex
BNST	Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis
CAG	Human cytomegalovirus promoter
cAMP	Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
CNiFERs	Cell-based neurotransmitter fluorescent engineered reporters
CNO	Clozapine-n-oxide
cpFP	Circularly-permuted fluorescent protein
cpGFP	Circularly-permuted green fluorescent protein
cpmApple	Circularly-permuted mApple (fluorescent protein)
CPu	Caudate-Putamen (= striatum)
CRB	Cerebellum
DA	Dopamine
dFF	Normalized fluorescent response (ΔF/F)
DR	Dorsal raphe nuclei
DRD1-5	Genes encoding D1-D5 dopamine receptors
EC50	Half maximal effective concentration
Emis	Emission wavelength
ENT	Enthorhinal cortex
Exc	Excitation wavelength
FFNs	False fluorescent neurotransmitters
FRET	Förster resonance energy transfer
FSCV	Fast-scan cyclic voltammetry
GECIs	Genetically-encoded calcium indicators
GFAP	Glial fibrillary acidic protein
GPCR	G protein-coupled receptor
GPe	Globus pallidus externus
GRAB	GPCR-activation based sensors
GTP	Guanosine triphosphate
HEK-293	Human embryonic kidney cell line
HPC	Hippocampal formation
HPLC	High-performance liquid chromatography
hSyn	Human synapsin promoter
Hyp	Hypothalamus
Kd	Dissociation constant
LS	Lateral septum
M1	Primary motor cortex
M2	Secondary motor cortex
mPFC	Medial prefrontal cortex
MS	Medial septum
NAc	Nucleus accumbens
ND	Not determined
NE	Norepinephrine
OT	Olfactory tubercle
PBP	Periplasmic Binding Protein
PVT	Paraventricular thalamus
ROI	Region of Interest
SN	Substantia nigra
SNc	Subtantia nigra pars compacta
SNR	Signal-to-noise ratio
SWCNT	Single-walled carbon nanotubes
TeA	Temporal association cortex
TEV	Tobacco Etch Virus peptide sequence
TIRF	Total internal reflection microscopy
TRE	Tetracycline response element
tTA	Tetracycline-controlled transactivator
VP	Ventral pallidum
VMAT2	Vesicular monoamine transporter 2
VTA	Ventral Tegmental Area