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. 2026 May 13;27(10):4343. doi: 10.3390/ijms27104343
2-IB 2-iminobiotin
5-MTHF 5-methyltetrahydrofolate
5,10-Methylene-THF 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate
6-OHDA 6-hydroxydopamine
ACC Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase
ACE Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination
ACE2 Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
ACh Acetylcholine
AChE Acetylcholinesterase
AD Alzheimer’s disease
ADHD Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Akt Protein Kinase beta
AlCl3 Aluminum chloride
ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
AP-1 Activator Protein 1
APP Amyloid precursor protein
ARE Antioxidant Response Element
Aβ Amyloid beta
ASD Autism spectrum disorder
BACE1 Beta-site APP cleaving enzyme 1
BBB Blood-brain barrier
BBGD Biotin-responsive basal ganglia disease
BCCP biotin carboxyl carrier protein
Bcl2 B-cell lymphoma 2
BDI Beck Depression Inventory
BDNF brain-derived neurotrophic factor
BH4 tetrahydro-biopterin
BID Twice daily
BV-2 Brain 2
CASI Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument
cAMP Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
CAT Catalase
CB Cannabinoid receptors
CDR Clinical Dementia Rating
c-FOS cellular Finkel-Biskis-Jinkins murine osteogenic sarcoma virus
CNS Central nervous system
COMPASS Computerized mental performance assessment system
COMT Catechol-O-methyltransferase
COX-2 Cyclo-oxygenase-2
CREB cAMP response element-binding protein
CRP C-reactive protein
CSD cortical spreading depression
CVD Cardiovascular disease
CVLT-II California Verbal Learning Test-II
DALYs Disability-adjusted life years
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
EAHE A-enriched Hericium erinaceus
ERK Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
EU European Union
FAAH Fatty acid amide amidohydrolase
FTD Frontotemporal dementia
FRA Folate receptor autoantibodies
GABA Gamma-aminobutyric acid
GDNF Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor
GFAP Glial fibrillary acidic protein
GPR119 G protein-coupled receptor 119
GPR55 G protein-coupled receptor 55
GPx Glutathione peroxidase
GR Glutathione reductase
GRP78 Glucose-related protein 78
GSH glutathione
GSK-3 Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3
GSSG Glutathione disulfid
GST glutathione-S-transferase
HAT Histone acetyltransferase
Hcy Homocysteine
HDAC Histone Deacetylase
HE Hericium erinaceus
HEM Hericium erinaceus mycelia
HEME Hericium erinaceus mycelial extracts
HLCS holocarboxylase synthetase
HO-1 Heme oxygenase-1
HPA Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal
HT Hydroxytyrosol
HupA Huperzine A
IADL Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
IGAP Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders
IL-1α/β Interleukin 1α/β
IL-6 Interleukin-6
iNOS Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase
IRE1α Inositol-requiring transmembrane kinase/endoribonuclease 1α
IVIG Intravenous immunoglobulin
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinases
KEAP1 Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
MAPK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase
MCC Methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase
MCI Mild cognitive impairement
MDA malondialdehyde
MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination
MPO Myeloperoxidase
MPTP 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine
mRNA messenger Ribonucleic Acid
MS Multiple sclerosis
MTHFR Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase
NAPE N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine
NF-κB Nuclear Factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NF-κB-p65 Nuclear Factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells p65 subunit
NGF Nerve growth factor
NLR Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio
NLRP3 NLR family pyrin domain containing 3
NMDA N-Methyl-D-aspartic acid
NOS Nitric oxide synthase
NEG2 Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
NTDs Neural tube defects
PC Pyruvate Carboxylase
PCC Propionyl-CoA Carboxylase
PD Parkinson’s disease
PEA Palmitoylethanolamide
PEALut PEA and luteolin
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase
PKC Protein Kinase C
PNEI Psycho-neuro-endocrino-immunology
PPAR-α proliferator-activated alpha
PPAR-γ proliferator-activated gamma
PPMS Primary progressive MS
PP2A Protein phosphatase 2A
PS1 Presenilin 1
PTEN Phosphatase and TENsin homolog
RCT Randomized controlled trial
RNS Reactive nitrogen species
ROS Reactive oxygen species
RRMS Relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis
SAM S-adenosylmethionine
SOD superoxide dismutase
SPMS Secondary progressive multiple sclerosis
TBI Traumatic brain injury
THF Tetrahydrofolate
TLR-4 Toll-like receptor 4
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor α
TrkB Tropomyosin receptor kinase
UK United Kingdom
VAS Visual analogue scale
WHO World Health Organization
β-CTF β-secretase-derived carboxy-terminal fragment