| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| aMCI | amnestic mild cognitive impairment |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| DC | diagnostic confidence |
| DLB | dementia with Lewy bodies |
| EEG | electromyography |
| EMG | electroencephalography |
| FTD | frontotemporal dementia |
| GABA | gamma-aminobutyric acid |
| HC | healthy control |
| ICF | intracortical facilitation |
| iRBD | idiopathic REM behavioral disorder |
| ISI | interstimulus interval |
| LICI | long interval intracortical inhibition |
| LTD | long-term depression |
| LTP | long-term potentiation |
| MCI | mild cognitive impairment |
| MCI-AD | mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease |
| MCI-DLB | mild cognitive impairment due to dementia with Lewy bodies |
| MCI-FTD | mild cognitive impairment due to frontotemporal dementia |
| MCI non-AD | mild cognitive impairment not due to Alzheimer’s disease |
| MCI-other | mild cognitive impairment due to other than AD/FTD/DLB |
| MD | multiple domain |
| na-MCI | non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment |
| PAS | paired associative stimulation |
| PD | Parkinson‘s disease |
| PD-MCI | Parkinson’s disease with mild cognitive impairment |
| PD-RBD | Parkinson’s disease with REM behavioral disorder |
| PDD | Parkinson‘s disease dementia |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| RBD | REM behavioral disorder |
| rTMS | repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation |
| SAI | short-latency afferent inhibition |
| SD | single domain |
| SICI | short-interval intracortical inhibition |
| TBS | theta-burst stimulation |
| TEP | transcranial magnetic stimulation-evoked potential |
| TMS | transcranial magnetic stimulation |