| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| Cre | Cre recombinase enzyme |
| D-DRP | Dorsal–dorsal root potential |
| DR | Dorsal root |
| Elephys | Electrophysiology |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| iNOS | inducible nitric oxide synthase |
| KA | Kainate |
| L | Lumbar |
| n | total number of rats/mice |
| N | number of spinal slices |
| nAChRs | nicotinic acetylcholine receptors |
| Nic | Nicotine |
| NGS | Normal goat serum |
| NMDA | N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) |
| O2 | Oxygen |
| PBS | Phosphate buffer solution |
| PFA | Paraformaldehyde |
| SCI | Spinal cord injury |
| VR | Ventral root |
| Wnt | Wingless related MMTV integration site |
| 5HT | 5-hydroxytryptamine |