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