ASD	autism spectrum disorder
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
AMPA	2-Amino-3-(3-hydroxy-5-methyl-isoxazol-4-yl) propanoic acid
AAV	adeno-associated virus
BBB	blood brain barrier
BDNF	brain-derived neurotrophic factor
BRD4	bromodomain 4
CDKL5	cyclin dependent kinase like 5
CNS	central nervous system
CTD	C-terminal domain
EB	embryoid bodies
E/I	excitatory/inhibitory imbalance
EVs	extracellular vesicles
FOXG1	forkhead box G1
FLT3	fms-like tyrosine kinase 3
GABA	gamma-aminobutyric acid
GFAP	glial fibrillary acidic protein
GluR2/3	glutamate receptor subunit
HDAC	histone deacetylases
HDAC6	histone deacetylases 6
hESCs	human embryonic stem cells
hiPSCs	human induced pluripotent stem cells
Hsp	heat-shock proteins
HTS	high-throughput screening
HUVECs	human umbilical vein endothelial cells
IC	isogenic control
ID	intervening domain
IGF-1	insulin-like growth factor-1
IL	interleukin
ILVs	intraluminal vesicles
INs	interneurons
L1CAM L1	cell adhesion molecule
LPS	lipopolysaccharides
MBD	methyl-CpG binding domain
MEA	multi electrode array
MeCP2	methyl-CpG-binding protein 2
MeCP2LOF	methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 loss of function
MeCP2-KO	methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 knocking out
MGE	medial ganglionic eminence
miRNAs	micro RNAs
mRNAs	messenger RNA
mtDNA	mitochondrial DNA
MVs	microvesicles
MVBs	multivesicular bodies
NCOR	nuclear co-repressor
NMDA	N-methyl-d-aspartate
NPs	neural progenitors
NPCs	neural progenitor cells
NTD	N-terminal domain
OL	oligodendrocytes
oRGCs	outer radial glia cells
oSVZ	outer subventricular zone
PSD-95	postsynaptic density protein 95
RG	radial glia
rhIGF1	full-length recombinant human IGF1
RNA	ribonucleic acid
RNA-seq	ribonucleic acid sequencing
ROS	reactive oxygen species
RTT	Rett Syndrome
siRNA	small interfering RNA
SMRT	silencing mediator of retinoic acid and thyroid hormone receptor
STT	somatostatin
TGF-β1	transforming growth factor beta 1
TRD	transcriptional repression domain
TrkB	tropomyosin-related kinase B
KCC2	neuron-specific K+-Cl− cotransporter 2
XCI	X-chromosome inactivation