Physiology Abbreviations List

ADP - adenosine diphosphate

ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone

AMP - adenosine monophosphate

ATP - adenosine triphosphate

ACH - acetylcholine

VSPP - the exciting postsynaptic potential

UPCT - exciting postsynaptic current

GABA - γ-aminobutyric acid

GDF - guanosine diphosphate

GTP - guanosine triphosphate

DNA - deoxyribonucleic acid

LH - luteinizing hormone

mAACH - muscarinic acetylcholine (receptor or synapse)

MSC - mechanosensitive ion channels

NAAC - nicotinic acetylcholine (receptor or synapse)

PKA - protein kinase A

PKS - protein kinase C

PKG - Protein Kinase G

RNA - ribonucleic acid

ABP - sarcoplasmic reticulum

TPSP - brake postsynaptic potential

TTH - tetrodotoxin

TEA - tetraethylammonium

FSH - follicle stimulating hormone

cAMP - cyclic AMP

cGMP - cyclic GMP

CNS - central nervous system

EPR - endoplasmic reticulum

AC (aconitine) - aconitine

ANP (Atrial Natriuretic Peptide) - Atrial Natriuretic Peptide

AMPA - α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid

ATX - BTX sea anemone toxins (batrachotoxin) - batrachotoxin SaM - specific calmodulin CBP (CREB -binding protein )   - CREB-binding protein

CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) is a type of chlorine channel.

CRE (cAMP response element) - DNA region interacting with CREB CREB - protein binding to CRE

CTX (ciguatoxin) - cyguatoxin

DAG - Diacylglycerol

DPPX - dipeptidyl aminopeptidase-like protein

GAP - GTPase-activating proteins

GNRF - guanine nucleotide exchange protein GNRP - guanine nucleotide-releasing proteins

GRB2 - growth factor receptor-bound protein-2 GTX (grayanotoxin) - grajanotoxin IP ₃ - inositol-1,4,5-triphosphate JAK - Janus tyrosine-protein kinase LTD (long-term depression) - long-term depression

MAP - mitogen-activating protein

MARK - MAP kinase cascade

MARKK (MEK) - MAP kinase kinase

NGF - nerve growth factor

NMDA - N-methyl-D-aspartate

PP1 ( phosphoprotein phosphatase 1) - phosphoprotein phosphatase 1

PbTx (brevetoxin) - brevetoksiny

RTK - tyrosine protein kinase

SAC (stretch-activated channels) - channels activated by cell stretching

STAT - signal transducers and transcription activators

STX (saxitoxin) - saxitoxin

TGF - tumor growth factor

VER (veratridine) - veratridine