AD	Alzheimer’s disease
ASICs	acid-sensing ion channels
CNS	central nervous system
DEG	degenerin
DTA	diphtheria toxin A
EAE	experimental autoimmune encephalitis
ENaC	epithelial sodium channel
GFAP	glial fibrillary acidic protein
GMQ	2-guanidine-4-methylquinazoline
HV	voltage-gated proton channel
HSV-TK	herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase
KO	Knock-out
LPS	lipopolysaccharides
LTD	long-term depression
LTP	Long-term potentiation
MCAO	middle cerebral artery occlusion
MS	multiple sclerosis
NO	nitric oxide
OLC	oligodendrocyte lineage cells
OPC	oliodendrocyte precursor cells
PcTx1	psalmotoxin-1
PD	Parkinson’s disease
pH50	half activation value of ASICs by pH
ROS	reactive oxidative species
WT	wild-type