AD	autosomal dominant
AMPA	α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid
APP	amyloid precursor protein
AR	autosomal recessive
ATP7B	ATPase copper transporting beta
BAFME2	benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy 2
BP	Bereitschaftspotential
CJD	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
DNA	desoxyribonucleic acid
DPPX	dipeptidyl-peptidase-like protein 6
DRPLA	dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy
EBV	Epstein Barr virus
EEE	Eastern equine encephalitis
EEG	electroencephalography
EMG	electromyography
EPM	progressive myoclonic epilepsy
FDG	fluorodeoxyglucose
fMRI	functional magnetic resonance tomography
GABA	gamma-aminobutyric acid
GAD	glutamic decarboxylase
GFR	glomerular filtration rate
GluR	glutamate receptor
GM2	monosialic ganglioside 2
GPi	globus pallidus internus
GTP-CH	guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase
HE	hepatic encephalopathy
Hz	Hertz
HSV-1	herpes simplex virus 1
JME	juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
LGl1	anti-leucine-rich glioma inactivated-1
LHON	Leber hereditary optic neuropathy
LIMP 2	lysosomal integral membrane protein type 2
LLR	long latency reflexes
m	meter
MEG	magnetoencephalography
MELAS	mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes
MERFF	myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers
mGluR	metabotropic glutamate receptor
MRS	magnetic resonance spectroscopy
ms	millisecond
NMDA	N-methyl-D-aspartate
OMS	opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome
PERM	progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity
PET	positron emission tomography
PME	progressive myoclonic epilepsies
POLG	DNA polymerase gamma
PSM	propriospinal myoclonus
s	second
SCA	spinocerebellar ataxia
SCARB2	scavenger receptor class B member 2
SGCE	sarcoglycan-ε
SEP	somatosensory evoked potentials
SREAT	steroid-responsive encephalopathy with autoimmune thyroid disease
TMS	transcranial magnetic stimulation
TPO	thyroid peroxidase
VIM	ventral intermediate
VZV	varizella zoster virus
WNV	West Nile virus
WEE	Western equine encephalitis
µV	microvolt