| Asc-1 | alanine-serine-cysteine-1 transporter |
| DISC1 | Disrupted-In-Schizophrenia-1 |
| FMN | flavin mononucleotide |
| fMRI | functional magnetic resonance imaging |
| NMDAR | N-methyl-d-aspartate type glutamate receptors |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| ASCT1 | alanine, serine, cysteine, and threonine exchangers |
| BPSD | behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| DAAO | d-amino acids oxidase |
| DDO | d-aspartate oxidase |
| ED50 | effective dose 50 |
| FAD | flavin adenine dinucleotide |
| MCI | mild cognitive impairment |
| MSRB2 | mitochondrial methionine sulfoxide S reductase B2 |
| pbGWAS | pooling/bootstrap-based genome-wide association studies |
| PPI | prepulse inhibition |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| RT-PCR | reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction |
| SNP | single nucleotide polymorphism |
| SR | serine racemase |