| Acronym | Meaning |
| EAE | Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis |
| MCC | Motor Control Center |
| PW-LDA | Plane Wave-local Density Approxn. |
| VCAM-1 | Vascular Cell Adhesion Mol. 1 |
| PVDC | Poly(vinylidene Dichloride) |
| IAP | Inhibitor Of Apoptosis |
| PVC | Polyvinyl Chloride |
| TMO | Truncated Molecular Orbital |
| FAMOS | Floating-gate Avalanche-injection Metal-oxide Semiconductor |
| RESS | Rapid Expansion Of Supercritical Solution |