| Acronym | Meaning |
| NTS | Nucleus Of The Solitary Tract |
| RDC | Rotating Disk Contactor |
| UTP | Uridine 5'-triphosphate |
| NHGRI | National Human Genome Research Institute |
| ITPOT | Improved Two-parameter Omega Technique |
| ARIC | Acid Rain Information Clearinghouse |
| HRBS | High Resolution Rutherford Backscattering |
| HVA | Homovanillic Acid |
| FRS | Forced Rayleigh Scattering |
| CPSSR | Coulomb-repulsion Perturbed Stationary State With Relativistic Effects |