Medical Science Abbreviation List | Medical Terms Elaboration | central nervous system | tetraacetic acid

Medical Terms Elaboration

• CNS --   central nervous system  
• DAT --   digital audiotape 
• DC--    direct current 
• DIDS --   4,4´-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2´-disulphonic acid 
• DMSO--    dimethyl sulphoxide 
• DNA--    deoxyribonucleic acid 
• DNase --   deoxyribonuclease (NB not DNAase) 
• DTL --electrode  named for Dawson,Trick & Litzkow (1979) 
• DTT--    dithiothreitol 
• DV  --  dorsoventral (brain co-ordinate) 
• EC50 --   median (or half-maximal) effective concentration 
• ECG--    electrocardiogram 
• ED50--    median (or half-maximal) dose 
• EDTA--    ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid 
• EEG --   electroencephalogram 
• EGTA--    ethyleneglycol-bis-(β-aminoethylether)-N,N,N´,N´-tetraacetic acid 
• EMF --   electromotive field 
• EMG --   electromyogram 
• EPSC--    excitatory postsynaptic current 
• EPSP --   excitatory postsynaptic potential 
• G protein (G-)  guanosine-binding protein