| TF’s | Transcriptional Factors |
| BBB | Blood Brain Barrier |
| PPA | Propionic Acid |
| 5-HT | Serotonin |
| 8-OH-DPAT | 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino) tetralin |
| 8-OH OCD | 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino) tetralin treated rats with obsessive-compulsive disorder |
| AChE | Acetyl cholinesterase |
| CCB | Compulsive checking behavior |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| CSTC | Corticostriatal-thalamocortical pathway |
| DA | Dopamine |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| FST | Forced Swim test |
| GSH | Glutathione |
| HPLC | High performance liquid chromatography |
| IDRN | Intra dorsal raphe nucleus |
| IL-1β | Interleukin-1β |
| LDH | Lactate dehydrogenase |
| MBB | Marble burying behavior |
| MDA | Malondialdehyde |
| OCD | Obsessive Compulsive disorder |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PUR | Purmorphamine |
| ROS | Reactive Oxidative species |
| SAB | Spontaneous alternation behavior |
| SHH | Sonic Hedgehog |
| SMO | Smoothened |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| SSRIs | Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors |
| TNF-α | Tumour necrosis factor |
| v/v | volume/volume |