AD	Alzheimer’s disease
Aβ	Amyloid-β
ALS	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
APP	Amyloid precursor protein
BACE1	β-Site APP cleaving enzyme-1
CLABPs	Chaperone-like amyloid-binding proteins
CSF	Cerebrospinal fluid
ETC	Electron transport chain
ER	Endoplasmic reticulum
ERAD	ER associated degradation
ERMES	ER-mitochondria encounter structure
FAD	Familial AD
FTD	Frontotemporal dementia
Grp75	Glucose-regulated protein 75
Hsps	Heat shock proteins
HD	Huntington’s disease
IP3Rs	inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors
LBD	Lewy-body dementia
LOAD	Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease
LTP	Long-term potentiation
MAMs	Mitochondria-associated ER membranes
MERCS	Mitochondrial–ER contact sites
MCU	Mitochondrial calcium uniporter
mPTP	Mitochondrial permeability transition pore
NBD	Nucleotide binding domain
NFTs	Neurofibrillary tangles
PACS2	Phosphor-furin acidic cluster sorting protein 2
PDI	Protein disulfide isomerase
PD	Parkinson’s disease
PolyQ	Polyglutamine
RyRs	Ryanodine receptors
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
S1R	Sigma-1 receptor
SBD	Substrate binding domain
SOCE	Store-operated Ca2+ entry
STIM	Stromal interaction molecule
TEM	Transmission electron microscopy
TLR	Toll like receptors
TRAP1	Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated protein 1
TRPC	Transient receptor potential canonical
Ub	Ubiquitin
UPR	Unfolded protein responses
UPS	Ubiquitin–proteasome system
VD	Vascular dementia