| BNT | Boston naming test |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| DBS | Deep brain stimulation |
| JOLO | Judgement of line orientation |
| MCI | Mild cognitive impairment |
| MMSE | Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) |
| MNI | Montreal Neurological Institute |
| MOCA | Montreal Cognitive Assessment |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| NBM | Nucleus basalis of Meynert |
| NPA | Neuropsychological assessment |
| PET | Positron emission tomography |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PDD | Parkinson’s disease dementia |
| STN | Subthalamic nucleus |
| TFE | Turbo Field Echo |
| TIV | Total intracranial volume |
| TMT | Trail making test |
| RAVLT | Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test |
| RBMT | Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test |
| RCI | Reliability change index |
| WAIS | Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale |