| ABC | avidin–biotin–peroxidase complex |
| Acb | nucleus accumbens |
| ACg | anterior cingulate |
| AMYG | amygdala |
| ANOVA | analysis of variance |
| BDNF | brain derived neurotrophic factor |
| CSDS | chronic social defeat stress |
| CUS | chronic unpredictable stress |
| DA | dopamine |
| dHC | dorsal hippocampus |
| FS | forced swimming |
| GAPDH | glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| HC | hippocampus |
| IL | infralimbic |
| LI | prelimbic |
| mw | molecular weight |
| mTORC1 | mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 |
| O.D. | relative optical density |
| PBS | phosphate buffered saline |
| PFA | paraformaldehyde |
| PFC | prefrontal cortex |
| PL | prelimbic |
| RHA | roman high avoidance |
| RLA | roman low avoidance |
| SDS-PAGE | sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| TBS-T | tris base, sodium chloride, tween 2 |
| trkB | tyrosine receptor kinase b |
| vHC | ventral hippocampus |
| VTA | ventral tegmental area |
| WB | western blot |