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. 2023 Jun 28;24(13):10809. doi: 10.3390/ijms241310809
ND Neurodegenerative disease
AD Alzheimer’s disease
APP Amyloid precursor protein
Amyloid beta peptide
HCHWA-D Hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis
PiD Pick’s disease
GFAP Glial fibrillary acidic protein
SPECT Single-photon emission computed tomography
PET Positron emission tomography
APOE Apolipoprotein E
BBB Brain Blood Barrier
HDL High density lipoprotein
CNS Central Nervous System
NFTs Neurofibrillary Tangles
GWAS Genome-wide association study
PP2A Protein phosphatase 2A
FTD Frontotemporal Dementia
CTD Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
CBD Corticobasal degeneration
DAM Disease-associated microglia
MGnD Microglial neurodegenerative
TREM2 Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2
CRP C-reactive protein
MCI Mild cognitive impairment
MAPT Microtubule-associated protein tau
PSP Progressive supranuclear palsy
PHF Abnormally hyperphosphorylated taus
CL Centiloids
SUVR Standardized Uptake Ration
PD Parkinson’s disease
SNpc Substantia nigra pars compacta
DA Dopamine
DMV Dorsal motor nucleus of vagus
OB Olfactory bulb
LC Locus coeruleus
IML Intermediolateral nucleus in spinal cord
ENS Enteric nervous system
EOPD Early-onset Parkinson’s disease
mitoQC Mitochondrial quality control
DFO Deferrioxamine
DFP Deferiprone
HD Huntington’s disease
MSNs Medium spiny neurons
mHTT Mutation of the huntingtin gene
HTT Huntingtin gene
CBP cAMP response element-binding protein
MSK1 Mitogen-activated and stress-activated protein kinase 1
PGC-1a Proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator alpha
HDAC Histone deacetylase
BDNF Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
ASOs Antisense oligonucleotides
RNAi RNA interference
CoQ10 Coenzyme Q10
CREST-E Creatine safety tolerability efficacy in Huntington’s disease
ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
FALS Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
DPR Dipeptide repeat proteins
FUS Fused in Sarcoma
miRNA Micro RNA
PTM Post-translational modification
UMN Upper motor neuron
LMN Lower motor neuron
PMA Progressive muscular atrophy
PBP Pseudobulbar Palsy