BSA	Bovine serum albumin
CALB	Calbindin (D28k)
cDNA	Complementary DNA
ChAT	Choline Acetyltransferase
CNS	Central nervous system
DEPC	Diethyl pyrocarbonate
DsRed	Discosoma sp. red fluorescent protein
EAE	Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
EDTA	Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
EGC	Enteric glial cell
EGFP	Enhanced green fluorescent protein
ENS	Enteric nervous system
GFAP	Glial fibrillary acidic protein
GFP	Green fluorescent protein
MAG	Myelin-associated glycoprotein (also: Siglec-4)
MBP	Myelin basic protein
MOG	Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein
MS	Multiple sclerosis
NMJ	Neuromuscular junction
OSP	Oligodendrocyte-specific protein (also: Claudin-11)
PETZ	Präklinisches Experimentelles Tierzentrum; animal facility of the University Erlangen-Nürnberg
PGP 9.5	Protein gene product 9.5
PLP / PLP1	Proteolipid protein 1 (also: lipohilin)
PNS	Peripheral nervous system
PSC	Perisynaptic Schwann cell
RT-PCR	Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
TAE	Tris/acetate/EDTA-buffer
TBS	Tris-buffered saline
tdT	tdTomato
α-BT	α-Bungarotoxin