| PEMT | Phosphatidylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase |
| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| BOLD | Blood oxygen level dependent |
| fMRI | Functional magnetic resonance imaging |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| BFCS | Basal forebrain cholinergic system |
| ChAT | Choline acetyltransferase |
| CHRMS | Committees on Human Subjects Research Medical Sciences |
| M | Mean |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| UVM | University of Vermont |
| CRC | Clinical Research Center |
| FSH | Follicle stimulating hormone |
| MoCA | Montreal cognitive assessment |
| DRS | Dementia rating scale |
| GDS | Global deterioration scale |
| RBANS | Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status |
| LNS | Letter–number sequencing |
| TOPF | Test of premorbid functioning |
| SCID | Structured clinical interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual four revised |
| BDI | Beck Depression Inventory |
| MR | Magnetic resonance |
| PC | Personal computer |
| T1 | Transverse relaxation time |
| T2 | Longitudinal relaxation time |
| FLAIR | Fluid inversion recovery |
| CONN | Functional connectivity toolbox |
| SPM | Statistical parametric mapping |
| ART | Movement-related Artefacts |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| GLM | General linear model |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| SBC | Seed-based connectivity |
| ROI | Region of interest |
| RRC | ROI to ROI connectivity |
| d′ | Sensitivity |
| C | Bias |
| BSRT | Buschke selective reminding task |
| POMS | Profile of mood states |
| BPRS | Brief psychiatric raring scale |
| PT | Planum temporale |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| STG | Superior temporal gyrus |
| EGFR | Epidermal growth factor receptor |
| SNP | Single-nucleotide polymorphism |