| a.a. | Amino acid |
| Aβ | Amyloid-β peptide |
| AD | Alzheimer’s Disease |
| AGD | Argyrophilic grain disease |
| ALS | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| APP | Amyloid precursor protein |
| BBB | Blood–brain barrier |
| CAA | Cerebral amyloid angiopathy |
| CBD | Corticobasal degeneration |
| CPE | Carboxypeptidase E |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| Cryo-EM | Cryo-electron microscopy |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| CTR | Calcitonin receptor |
| DLB | Dementia with Lewi bodies |
| EPR | Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy |
| FRET | Förster resonance energy transfer |
| FTLD | Frontotemporal lobar degeneration |
| FTLD-TDP | TDP-43 positive frontotemporal lobar degeneration |
| GCI | Glial cytoplasmic inclusions |
| GRD | Glycine-rich domain |
| GSK | Glycogen synthase kinase |
| HEK293 | Human embryonic kidney 293 cells |
| IAPP | Islet amyloid polypeptide |
| IDE | Insulin-degrading enzyme |
| LB | Lewy bodies |
| LBDs | Lewy body diseases |
| LCOs | Luminescent conjugated oligothiophenes |
| LN | Lewy neurites |
| MSA | Multiply system atrophy |
| NAC | Non-amyloid component |
| NES | Nuclear export signal |
| NFTs | Neurofibrillary tangles |
| NLS | Nuclear localization signal |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy |
| NTs | Neuropil threads |
| PAGE | Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| PART | Primary age-related tauopathy |
| PAM | Peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PDD | Parkinson’s disease dementia |
| PiD | Pick’s Disease |
| PMCA | Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification technique |
| PK | Proteinase K |
| PrP | Prion protein |
| PSP | Progressive supranuclear palsy |
| PTMs | Post-translational modifications |
| RAMP3 | Receptor activity modifying protein 3 |
| RBD | RNA-binding domain |
| RNP | Ribonuclear protein |
| α-Syn | α-Synuclein |
| SDS | Sodium dodecyl sulphate |
| SUMO | Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier |
| T1DM | Type I diabetes mellitus |
| T2DM | Type II diabetes mellitus |
| TDP-43 | Transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa |
| TMEM106B | Transmembrane protein 106B |