| ND | Neurodegenerative disease |
| (s/f) AD | (sporadic/familial) Alzheimer’s Disease |
| PD | Parkinson’s Disease |
| HD | Huntington’s Disease |
| ALS | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
| Aβ | Amyloid beta |
| APP | β-Amyloid precursor protein |
| NFTs | Neurofibrillary tangles |
| α-syn | α-Synuclein |
| p-Tau | Phosphorylated Tau |
| MN | Motor neuron |
| HTT | Huntingtin |
| BBB | Blood–brain barrier |
| SVZ | Subventricular zone |
| SGZ | Subgranular zone |
| DG | Dentate gyrus |
| NSCs | Neural stem cells |
| DCX | Doublecortin |
| OB | Olfactory bulb |
| DGC | Dentate granule cell |
| PS1 | Presenilin-1 |
| DA | Dopaminergic |
| NPCs | Neural progenitor cells |
| (h)iPSC | (human)induced pluripotent stem cells |
| ESCs | Embryonic stem cells |
| BMECs | Brain microvascular endothelial cells |
| MSCs | Mesenchymal stem cells |
| HSCs | Hematopoietic stem cells |
| EVs | Extracellular vesicles |
| ASOs | Antisense oligonucleotides |