| ALS | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| ASO | antisense oligonucleotide |
| C9ORF72 | chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 |
| ChAT | choline acetyltransferase |
| CSA | cross-sectional area |
| DPRs | dipeptide repeat proteins |
| DENN | differentially expressed in normal cells and neoplasia |
| EDL | Extensor Digitorum Longus |
| FTD | frontotemporal dementia |
| GCM | gastrocnemius caput medialis |
| HRE | hexanucleotide repeat |
| IMF | intermyofibrillar |
| MAFbx | muscle-specific E3 ubiquitin ligases |
| MyHC | Myosin Heavy Chain |
| MuRF1 | Muscle RING Finger 1 |
| mTORC1 | Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 |
| NGS | normal goat serum |
| NMJ | neuromuscular junction |
| PARIS | Parkin Interacting Substrate |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| PGC1 | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 alpha |
| PINK1 | PTEN-induced kinase 1 |
| RAN | repeat-associated non-ATG |
| SPF | specific pathogen-free |
| SQSTM1 | p62, sequestosome 1 |
| TA | Tibialis Anterior |
| TEM | transmission electron microscopy |
| TFEB | transcription factor EB |
| TOM20 | translocase of the outer membrane 20 |