General / Study Terms

AHN – Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis

AD – Alzheimer’s Disease

PMD – Post-Mortem Delay

DG – Dentate Gyrus

DGC – Dentate Granule Cell

GCL – Granule Cell Layer

ML – Molecular Layer

SGZ – Subgranular Zone

H – Hilus

EC – Entorhinal Cortex

CA1, CA3 – Cornu Ammonis hippocampal subfields

Pyr – Pyramidal layer

Cell Markers & Proteins

DCX – Doublecortin (marker of immature neurons)

Prox1 – Prospero Homeobox 1 (granule cell fate marker)

PSA-NCAM – Polysialic Acid–Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule (immature neuron marker)

CR – Calretinin (calcium-binding protein; early immature neuron marker)

CB – Calbindin (calcium-binding protein; marker of more mature neurons)

NeuN – Neuronal Nuclei (marker of mature neurons)

βIII-tubulin – Cytoskeletal protein (neuronal identity marker)

Tau (pTau) – Microtubule-associated protein; phosphorylated tau linked to AD pathology

β-amyloid (Aβ) – Amyloid-beta peptide, forms plaques in AD

Methods & Technical

NaBH₄ – Sodium borohydride (used in tissue treatment)

HC-AR – Heat and Chemical Antigen Retrieval (histological technique)

CI – Confidence Interval

ANOVA – Analysis of Variance (statistical test)

s.e.m. – Standard Error of the Mean