| BBB | Blood–Brain Barrier |
| BDNF | Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor |
| CBD | Cannabidiol |
| Cho | Choline |
| COMT | Catechol-O-Methyltransferase |
| Cr | Creatine |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| DOPAC | Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid |
| GABA | Gamma-Amminobutyric Acid |
| GLP-1 | Glucagon-like Peptide-1 |
| Glu | Glutamate |
| Glx | Glutamate + Glutamine |
| 1H-MRS | Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy |
| H&Y | Hoehn and Yahr |
| HC(s) | Health Control(s) |
| IPD | Idiopathic Parkinson’s disease |
| ITT | Intention-to-treat |
| MAO-B | Monoamine Oxidase B |
| MR | Magnetic Resonance |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| MRS | Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic |
| MRSI | Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging |
| NA | Not applicable |
| NAA | N-acetylaspartate |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NMDA | N-methyl-D-aspartate |
| NR | Not Reported |
| PD | Parkinson’s Disease |
| PDQ-39 | The Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire |
| PET | Positron emission tomography imaging |
| PICO | Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SN | Substantia Nigra |
| T | Tesla |
| tCr | total Creatine |
| tNAA | total N-acetylaspartate |
| UPDRS | Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale |
| VOI | Volume of interest |