EPS extrapyramidal syndrome

EPSC excitatory postsynaptic potential

EPSP extitatory post synaptic potential

ER endoplasmic reticulum

Er erbium

ERG early response genes

ERK extracellularly regulated kinase

ERK extracellular-signal-regulated kinase

ES embryonic stem cells

ESR electron spin resonance

ETF electron-transferring flavoprotein

EtOH ethanol

ETYA eicosatetraynoic acid

Eu europium

f phi

F fluorine

F Faraday constant (23,000 cal/volt/mol)

FA Friedreich's ataxia

FAD flavin adenine dinucleotide

FAK focal adhesion kinase

FAPy formamidopyrimidine

FDA [18F]fluorodopamine

FDOPA [18F]6-fluoro-DOPA

Fe iron (L. ferrum)

FFA fatty free acid

FFI fatal familial insomnia

FGF fibroblast growth factor

FGFR fibroblast growth factor receptor

FLsmc forelimb representation area of the sensorimotor cortex

Fm fermium

FMN flavin mononucleotide

FMRF-NH2 Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-amide

fMRI functional magnetic resonance imaging

Fr francium

FSH follicle stimulating hormone

g gamma

G-3-P sn-glycerol-3-phosphate

G6P glucose 6-phosphate

Ga gallium

GABA gamma-aminobutyric acid

GABA-T GABA transaminase

GAD glutamic acid decarboxylase

GAG glucosamineoglycans

Gagust gustducin Ga protein

Gal galactose

galC galactocerebroside

GalNAc N-acetylgalactosamine

GAP GTPase activating protein

GAP-43 growth associated protein [43 kDa]

GBS Guillian-Barre' syndrome

GC glucocorticoid

GC-MS gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

GCS glycine cleavage system

Gd gadolinium

GDI GDP-dissociation inhibitor

GDNF glial-derived neurotrophic factor

GDP guanosine 5' -diphosphate

Ge germanium

GEF guajine nucleotide exchange factor

GEMSA guanidinoethylmercaptosuccinic acid

GFAP Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein

GFP green fluorescent protein

GGF glial growth factor

GI gastrointestinal [tract]

GIP GTPase inhibitory factor

GIRK G-protein coupled inwardly rectifying K+ channel

GKAP guanylyl kinase associated protein

GL granular layer

GLAST glutamate-aspartate transporter

Glc glucose

GLC gas-liquid chromatography

GlcNAc N-acetylglucosamine

Gln glutamine

GLT glutamate transporter

Glu glutamic acid

GluR glutamate receptor

GluR1 AMPA receptor type 1

GluR2 AMPA receptor type 2

GluR3 AMPA receptor type 3

GluR4 AMPA receptor type 4

GluR5 kainate receptor

GLUT glucose transporter

GLUT-I glucose transporter-I

Gly glycine

GM4 sialosylgalactosylceramide

GMCSF granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor

GMP guanosine 5' -monophosphate

GnRH gonadotropin releasing hormone

GPCR G-protein-coupled receptor

GPI glycosylphosphatidylinositol

Gpl lateral globus pallidus

Gpm medial globus pallidus

Gpx glutathione peroxidase

Grb growth factor receptor binding protein

GRE glucocorticoid response element

GRK G protein receptor kinase

GS glycogen synthetase

GSH glutathionhe

GSH glutathione

GSS Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome

GST glutathione S-transferase

GTP guanosine 5'-triphosphate

h eta

H hydrogen

H+ hydrogen ion

HAP huntingtin-associated protein

HC hippocampus

HCHWA-D hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis of the Dutch type

HCl hydrochloric acid

HDC L-histidine decarboxylase

HDL high density lipoprotein

He helium

HE hepatic encephalopathy

HeLa Helen Lang

HETE hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid

HF hydrofluoric acid

Hf hafnium

Hg mercury (NL. hydrargyrum)

hGH human growth hormone

HGPRT hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase

HHE trans-4-hydroxy-2-hexenal

HHT 12-hydroxy-5,8,10-heptadecatrienoic acid

HIOMT 5-hydroxindole-O-methyltransferase

His histidine

HIV human immunodificiency virus

HLA human leukocyte antigen

HLH helix-loop-helix transcriptional regulator

HMG beta-hydroxy-beta-methylglutaryl

HMGCoA beta-hydroxy-beta-methylglutaryl coenzyme A

HMM heavy meromyosin

HMT histamine N-methyltransferase

HNE 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal

HNF hepatic nuclear factor

HNPP hereditary neuropathy with predisposition to pressure palsies

Ho holmium

hPAP human alkaline phosphatase

HpC hippocampus

HPD hematoporphyrin derivative

HPETE hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid