| Abbreviation | Meaning |
| 1D | One-dimensional |
| 3C | Chromosome conformation capture |
| 3D | Three-dimensional |
| ABC | Activity-by-contact |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| ADHD | Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| BD | Bipolar disorder |
| CNV | Copy number variants |
| CT | Chromosome territory |
| DEL | Deletions |
| DG | Dentate gyrus |
| DUP | Duplication |
| FIRE | Frequently interacting region |
| GWAS | Genome-wide association studies |
| Hi-C | High-throughput chromatin conformation capture |
| INV | Inversion |
| LDSC | Linkage disequilibrium score regression |
| Mb | Mega-base |
| MEI | Mobile element insertion |
| MP | Mental process |
| PIR | Promoter interacting regions |
| TAD | Topologically associating domain |
| sci-Hi-C | Single-cell combinatorial index Hi-C |
| SCZ | Schizophrenia |
| scHi-C | Single cell Hi-C |
| SNP | Single nucleotide polymorphism |
| SV | Structural variant |
| UD | Unipolar depression |
| WES | Whole exome sequencing |
| WGS | Whole genome sequencing |