6-OHDA	6-hydroxydopamine
Aβ	Amyloid beta
Ach	Acetylcholine
AChE	Acetylcholinesterase
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
Al	Aluminum
AMPA	α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid
APP	Aβ precursor protein
As	Arsenic
ASK1	Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1
BBB	Blood-brain barrier
CaMK-II	Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II
CBP	Cholinergic basal forebrain
Cdk5	Cyclin-dependent kinase 5
ChAT	Choline acetyltransferase
CNS	Central nervous system
cPLA2	Cytosolic phospholipase A2
CREB	cAMP response element-binding protein
CSF	Cerebrospinal fluid
Cu	Copper
DA	Dopamine
DAT	Dopamine transporter
DG	Dentate gyrus
GFAP	Glial fibrillary acidic protein
GSK-3	Glycogen synthase kinase-3
HAChT	Cholinergic nerve terminal
HAChT	High-affinity choline transport
HD	Huntington’s disease
Ibo	Ibotenic acid
iNOS	Inducible nitric oxide synthase
i.p	Intraperitoneal
JNK	c-jun N-terminal kinase
KA	Kainic acid
LTP	Long-term potentiation
MAO-B	Monoamine oxidase-B
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MFB	Medial forebrain bundle
MPTP	1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine
MWM	Morris water maze
NBM	Nucleus basalis magnocellularis
NGF	Nerve growth factor
NMDA	N-methyl-d-aspartate
NOS	Nitric oxide synthase
OKA	Okadaic acid
Pb	Lead
PD	Parkinson’s disease
PFC	Prefrontal cortex
PI3K	Phosphoinositol 3-kinase
PP	Protein phosphatase
QA	Quinolinic acid
RACK1	Receptor for activated C-kinase 1
RIP	Ribosome-inactivating protein
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SDAT	Sporadic dementia of Alzheimer’s type
SNpc	Substantia nigra pars compacta
STZ	Streptozotocin
TMT	Trimethyltin
VMAT2	Vesicular monoamine transporter
Zn	Zinc