Ce cerium

CEA carcinogen embryonic antigen

Cer-Glc glucocerebroside

CF climbing fiber

CF cystic fibrosis

CFTR cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator

CG complementary groups

CGD chronic granulomatous disease

cGMP guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate

CGRP calcitonin gene-related peptide

ChAT choline acetyltransferase

CHCl3 chloroform

CHO cell Chinese hamster ovary cell

CICR Ca++-induced Ca++ release

CIDP chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

CIF Ca++ influx factor

CIRL Ca++ independent receptor for latrotoxin

CJD Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

CK creatine kinase

Cl chlorine

Cm curium

CMR cerebral metabolic rate

CMRA cerebral metabolic rate for ammonia

CMRglc cerebral metabolic rate for glucose

CMRO2 cerebral metabolic rate for oxygen

CMT Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

CMV cytomegalovirus

cNG cyclic nucleotide-gated channel

CNP 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase

CNS central nervous system

CNTF ciliary neurotrophic factor

CoA coenzyme A

COMT catechol-O-methyltransferase

Con A concanavalin A

COP coat proteins aka coatomers

COP-1 copolymer-1

COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

CoQ coenzyme Q

CORT corticosterone

COX cytochrome oxidase or cyclooxygenase

COX-1 cyclooxygenase 1

COX-2 cyclooxygenase 2

CPE carboxypeptidase E

CPK creatine phosphokinase

CPS carbamyl phosphate synthetase

CPT carnitine palmitoyltransferase

Cr chromium

CRE cAMP responsive element

CREB cAMP response element binding protein

CREM cAMP responsive element modulatory protein

CRH corticotropin releasing hormone

CRM cross-reacting material (immunological)

CRP creatine phosphate or C-reactive protein

Cs cesium

CS conditioned stimulus

CSF cerebrospinal fluid

Csk C-terminal src kinase

CSP cysteine string protein

CT computed tomography

CT-1 cardiothophin 1

CTP cytidine 5'-triphosphate

CTX cortex

Cu copper

Cys cysteine

d delta

DA dopamine

DABCO 1,4-diazabicyclooctane

DAG diacylglycerol (1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphorylethanolamine)

DAO diamine oxidase

d-AP5 d-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid

DARPP-32 dopamine and cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein (32 kDa)

DAT dopamine transporter

DBD diaminobenzidine

DBH dopamine beta-hydroxylase

DBI diazepam-binding inhibitor

DBM dopamine beta-monooxygenase

DCFH-DA dichlorofluorescein diacetate

DDC dopa decarboxylase

deg degree

delta-G free energy

DETAPAC diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid

DHA docosahexaenoic acid

DHAP dihydroxyacetone phosphate

DHAP-AT dihydroxyacetone phosphate acyl transferase

DHB dihydroxybenzoate

DHEA dihydroepiandrosterone

DHETE dihydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid

DHF dihydroxyfumarate

DHLA dihydrolipoate

DHPR dihydropteridine reductase

DHR dihydrorhodamine

DHT 5a-dihydrotestosterone

DLM dorsolateral thalamus

DMD Duchenne muscular dystrophy

DMPO 5,5'-dimethylpyrroline-N-oxide

DMSO dimethylsulphoxide

DNA deoxy-ribose nucleic acid

DOPA dihydroxyphenylalanine

DOPAC 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid

Dpp decapentaplegic

DPPH 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl

DRG dorsal root ganglion

DS Down's syndrome

dsDNA double stranded DNA

ds-RNA double stranded RNA

DSS Derjerine-Sottas syndrome

DTNB 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid)

Dy dysprosium

e epsilon

E. coli eschericha coli

EAAC excitatory amino acid carrier

EAAT excitatory amino acid transporter

EAE experimental allergic enciphalomyelitis

EAE experimental allergic encephalomyelitis

EAN experimental allergic neuritis

EBD embroid body derived

ECD electrochemical detection

ECM extracellular matrix

ECT electroconvulsive therapy

EDRF endothelium-derived relaxing factor

EDTA ethylene-diamine tetraacetic acid

EEG electroencephalogram

EGF epidermal growth factor

EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor

EKG electrocardiogram

ELH egg laying hormone

ELISA enzyme-linked immunoabsorbant assay

EM electron microscopy

EMG electromyogram

eNOS endothelial nitric oxide synthetase

ENS enteric nervous system

EPA eicosapentaenoic acid

Eph erythropoietin producing hepatocellular receptor

EPP evoked end plate potential

EPR electron papamagnetic resonance