Abbreviation	Definition
Aβ	amyloid-β
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
ADME	absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion
AFM	atomic force microscopy
ALS	amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
ARIA	amyloid-related imaging abnormalities
BBB	blood–brain barrier
CD	circular dichroism
CNS	central nervous system
CNT	carbon nanotube
DAM	disease-associated microglia
DLS	dynamic light scattering
EAE	experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
FDA	U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FT-IR	Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy
GO	graphene oxide
GQD	graphene quantum dot
HD	Huntington’s disease
hIAPP	human islet amyloid polypeptide
HR-TEM	high resolution transmission electron microscopy
IL-1β	interleukin-1β
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
MRI	magnetic resonance imaging
NF-κB	nuclear factor κB
NLRP3	NLR family pyrin domain-containing 3
NPC	Niemann-Pick type C
PD	Parkinson’s disease
PET	positron emission tomography
PI	propidium iodide
QD	quantum dot
QD-LED	quantum dot light-emitting diode
RGDS	arginine-glycine-aspartate-serine peptide
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SPR	surface plasmon resonance
TDP-43	TAR DNA-binding protein 43
TEM	transmission electron microscopy
WST-1	water-soluble tetrazolium salt-1
XPS	X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy