| αSyn | Alpha-synuclein |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| Aβ | Amyloid-β |
| BBB | Blood–brain barrier |
| BAR | Biotinylation by antibody recognition |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| DLB | Dementia with Lewy bodies |
| ER | Endoplasmic reticulum |
| ESM | Epidemic Spreading Model |
| GCIs | Glial cytoplasmic inclusions |
| GA | Golgi apparatus |
| GNIs | Glial nuclear inclusions |
| iLBD | Incidental Lewy body disease |
| iRBD | Incidental REM sleep behavior disorder |
| IHC | Immunohistochemistry |
| LBs | Lewy bodies |
| LNs | Lewy neurites |
| LLPS | Liquid–liquid phase separation |
| MSA | Multiple system atrophy |
| MAMs | Mitochondria-associated ER membranes |
| NAC | Non-amyloid-β component |
| NDM | Network Diffusion Model |
| NTA | N-terminally acetylated |
| NCIs | Neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions |
| NNIs | Neuronal nuclear inclusions |
| NSD-ISS | Neuronal αSyn disease integrated staging system |
| OL | Oligodendrocyte |
| pS129 | Phosphorylation at serine 129 |
| P-bodies | Processing bodies |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PDD | Parkinson’s disease dementia |
| PTM | Post-translational modification |
| PLA | Proximity ligation assay |
| PM | Plasma membrane |
| RT-QuIC | Real-time quaking-induced conversion |
| SAA | Seed amplification assay |
| SNARE | Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor |
| SV | Synaptic vesicle |
| TH | Tyrosine hydroxylase |