**Nomenclature**

Aβ (amyloid beta), AD (Alzheimer's disease), Akt (protein kinase B), BDNF (brain-de‐ rived neurotrophic factor), CA1 (Cornu Ammonis area 1), CHO (Chinese hamster ovary), ERK (extracellular signal-regulated kinase), MEK (mitogen-activated protein kinase kin‐ ase), NGF (nerve growth factor), NT (neurotrophin), PI3K (phosphatidyl inositol 3 kinase), PLCγ (phospholipase C-gamma), Shc (sarc homology containing), Trk (tropomyosin recep‐ tor kinase).

### **Acknowledgements**

Many thanks to Dr John BJ Kwok from Neuroscience Research Australia for providing feed‐ back on the chapter drafts.
