AAV	adeno-associated virus
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
ALS	amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
BBB	blood brain barrier
CSPG	chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans
CNS	central nervous system
CRISPR/Cas	clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated protein
crRNA	crisprRNA
DAM	disease-associated microglia
DAMP	damage-associated molecular patterns
DRG	dorsal root ganglion
DSB	double-strand break
IDLV	integrase-deficient lentivirus
ECM	extracellular matrix
HR	homologous recombination
LV	lentivirus
MAG	myelin-associated glycoprotein
MBP	myelin basic protein
MCT	monocarboxylate transporter
MSA	multiple system atrophy
MS	multiple sclerosis
NAMP	neurodegeneration-associated molecular patterns
NDD	neurodegenerative disorder
NHEJ	non-homologous end joining
OPC	oligodendrocyte precursor cell
ORF	open reading frame
PAM	protospacer adjacent motif
PAMP	pathogen-associated molecular patterns
PD	Parkinson’s disease
PNS	peripheral nervous system
PRR	pattern recognition receptors
RGMa	repulsive guidance molecule A
RNP	ribonucleoprotein complex
sgRNA	single guide RNA
TALEN	transcription activator-like effector nuclease
TLR	Toll-like receptor
VLP	virus-like particle
ZNF	zinc finger nuclease