AβPP	Amyloid-β pecursor protein
Aβ	Amyloid-β
AβOs	Amyloid-β oligomers
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
α-7nAChRs	Nicotonic acetylcholine receptors
AMPA	α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid
ANTs	Astrocyte•Neuron Teams
Apo E	Apolipoprotein-E
BACE1	Beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme-1 (β-secretase 1)
BBB	Blood–Brain Barrier
BDNF	Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
BOLD fMRI	Blood Oxygen Level Dependent functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
CaSRs	Ca2+-sensing receptors
Cdk	Cyclin-dependent kinase
CSF	Cerebrospinal fluid
DG	Dentate gyrus
DMN	default-mode network
EAATs	Excitatory Amino Acid Transporters
EOAD/FAD	Early-Onset or Familial AD
EC	Entorhinal cortical
ECM	Extracellular Matrix
EVs	Extracellular Vesicles
GSK3β	Glycogen synthase kinase-3 β
IDPs	Intrinsically disordered proteins
ISF	Interstitial fluid
LEC	Lateral entorhinal cortex
LRP1	LDL receptor-related protein 1
MAPK (ERK)	Mitogen-activated protein kinase (extracellular signal-regulated kinase)
MARCKS	Myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate
MCI	Mild Cognitive Impairment
NAHAs	Normal Adult Human cerebral Astrocytes
NFTs	Neurofibrillary tangles
NMDARs	N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors
PCM1	pericentriolar material-1
PET	Positron Emission Tomography
PKC	Protein Kinase C
PrPC	Cellular prion protein
PQCs	protein quality and quantity control systems
ROS	Reactive Oxygen Species
LOAD/SAD	Late onset or sporadic AD
HPTOs	Hyper-phosphorylated tau oligomers
PQCs	Protein quality and quantity control systems
PSD	Postsynaptic density
SDC	somatodendritic compartment