| Ganglioside nomenclature is in accordance with IUPAC-IUBB recommendations [41] | |
| BSA | bovine serum albumin |
| CTRL | control |
| EDTA | ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| EMEM | Eagle’s minimum essential medium |
| FBS | fetal bovine serum |
| GM1 | II3Neu5Ac-GG4Cer, β-Gal-(1-3)-β-GalNac-(1-4)-[α-Neu5Ac-(2-3)]-β-Gal-(1-4)-β-Glc-Cer |
| HMC3 | human embryonic microglial cells |
| HPTLC | high-performance thin layer chromatography |
| Iba1 | ionized calcium-binding adaptor molecule 1 |
| IL-6 | interleukin 6 |
| NaCl | sodium chloride |
| ns | not significative |
| OligoGM1 | GM1-oligosaccharide, II3Neu5Ac-GG4, β-Gal-(1-3)-β-GalNac-(1-4)-[α-Neu5Ac-(2-3)]-β-Gal-(1-4)-Glc |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PFA | paraformaldehyde |
| PFFs | pre-formed fibrils |
| RRID | research resource identifier |
| SDS | sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| SEM | standard error of the mean |
| αSyn | α-synuclein |
| TNF-α | tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| TREM2 | triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 |