I would advise against beta actin - for some reason it is not very well expressed in cortical neurons, in mice at least and I had the (sad) opportunity to verify this on qPCR.
I would go for GAPDH
From the chart that Christopher indicated (very useful !), you cannot use vinculin (it is a marker for mesenchymal-derived cells), and you have to use harsh protein extraction buffers for nuclear proteins
Very interested in what you did - please let me know