AADC	Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase
CaN	calcineurin
CaM	Calmodulin
CaMK	CaM-dependent protein kinases
CRE	cAMP response element
pCREB	phospho-cyclic-AMP-response-element-binding protein
DA	dopamine
DNMT1	DNA methyl transferases 1
EF sequence	Elongation Factor sequence
EHMT2	euchromatic histone lysine N-methyltransferase 2
Elk-1	ETS Like-1 protein
ERK2	Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 (a.k.a. MAPK1: mitogen-activated protein kinase 1)
GCH 1	GTP Cyclohydrolase 1
HAT	histone acetyltransferase
HDAC	histone deacetylase
LTCC	L-type calcium channels
MAPK	Mitogen activated protein kinase
NBRE	NGFI-B response element
NFATc/n	Nuclear and cytosolic factors of activated T cells
NFAT-RE	nuclear factor of activated T-cells response element
Nurr1	nuclear receptor related 1
PD	Parkinson’s Disease
PTM	post-translational modification
PPARγ	peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ
PGC-1α	receptor γ coactivator-1
RA	retinoic acid
RAR	Retinoic-acid receptor
RARE	retinoic acid response element
REST	repressor element-1 silencing transcription factor (a.k.a. NRSF: neuron-restrictive silencer factor)
RXR	retinoid-X receptors
α-Syn	α-Synuclein
SRE	Serum response element
TH	Tyrosine Hydroxylase