NABR: National Association for Biomedical Research
NAD: Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NIH: National Institutes of Health
OEC: olfactory ensheathing cell
OMIM: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
ORS: outer root sheath
PBS: Phosphate-Buffered Saline
PCR: Polymerase Chain Reaction
PMC: PubMed Central
PSEBM: Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
RAG: recombination activating gene
REM: rapid eye movement
RES: reticuloendothelial system
RNA: Ribonucleic Acid
RPE: retinal pigment epithelium
RT: reverse transcription
SCID: severe combined immunodeficient
SCN: suprachiasmatic nucleus
SCR: short consensus repeat
SDB: Society for Developmental Biology
SFBR: Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
shh: sonic hedgehog
SICB: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
TE: transposable element
TIGR: The Institute for Genome Research
TMAO: trimethylamine N-oxide
U: uridine
VTEC: Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli