| 3NP | 3-nitropropionic acid |
| 8OH2'dG | 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine |
| Aβ | amyloid beta peptide |
| ABAD | Aβ-binding alcoholdehydrogenase |
| AD | Alzheimer's disease |
| AGAT | L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase |
| ALS | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| AMPK | AMP-stimulated protein kinase |
| APP | amyloid precursor protein |
| BB-CK | cytosolic brain-type creatine kinase |
| CK | creatine kinase |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| Cr | creatine |
| CRT | Na+ and Cl− dependent creatine transporter |
| FTIR | Fourier transform infrared |
| GAMT | S-adenosylmethionine:guanidinoacetate |
| N-methyltransferase | |
| HD | Huntington's disease |
| MM-CK | cytosolic muscle-type creatinekinase |
| PCr | phosphocreatine |
| PD | Parkinson's disease |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| sMtCK | sarcomeric mitochondrial creatine kinase |
| SR | sarcoplasmic reticulum |
| TBI | traumatic brain injury |
| TCA | tricarboxylic acid |
| UCH L-1 | ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase l-1 |
| uMtCK | ubiquitous mitochondrial creatine kinase |