| AAV | Adeno-associated Virus |
| AD | Alzheimer’s Disease |
| Ang-1 | Angiopoietin 1 |
| BBB | Blood–Brain Barrier |
| BCSFB | Blood–Cerebrospinal Fluid Barrier |
| BDNF | Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor |
| BME | Brain Microvessel Endothelium |
| BMSCs | Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells |
| cGMPs | current Good Manufacturing Practices |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal Fluid |
| CuSNPs | Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles |
| DOX | Doxorubicin |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration (FDA) |
| FGF2 | Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 |
| GBM | Glioblastoma Multiforme |
| GDNF | Glial-cell-derived Neurotrophic Factor |
| GI | Gastrointestinal Tract |
| HD | Huntington’s Disease |
| HGF | Hepatocyte Growth Factor |
| hNSCs | Human Neural Stem Cells |
| IC | Intracranial |
| IN | Intranasal |
| LINCL | Late-infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| MCAO | Middle-Cerebral-Artery-Occlusion |
| MPS | Mononuclear Phagocyte System |
| MSCs | Mesenchymal Stromal Cells |
| NHP | Non-human Primates |
| NT3 | Neurotrophin-3 |
| OPC | Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cell |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered Saline |
| PD | Parkinson’s Disease |
| PDGF | Platelet-derived Growth Factor |
| PEG | Polyethylene Glycol |
| qRT-PCR | Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| RES | Reticuloendothelial system |
| RIF | Rifampin |
| RVG | Rabies Viral Glycoprotein |
| SAH | Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
| SC | Subcutaneous |
| SCI | Spinal Cord Injury |
| SPION | Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticle |
| TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury |
| TFF | Tangential Flow Filtration |
| TfR | Transferrin Receptor |
| TGF | Transforming Growth Factor |
| TME | Tumor-microenvironment |
| TMZ | Temozolomide |
| TPP1 | Tripeptidyl Peptidase-1 |
| Tregs | Regulatory T cells |
| VEGF | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor |