AD	Alzheimer’s disease
ALS	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Batf3	Basic leucine zipper transcription factor, ATF-like 3
BBB	Blood-brain barrier
BM	Bone marrow
CCR2	C-C chemokine receptor type 2
CNS	Central nervous system
cpMφ	Choroid plexus macrophage
EAE	Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
EMP	Erythro-myeloid precursor
GFP	Green fluorescent protein
HSC	Hematopoietic stem cell
Id2	Inhibitor of DNA binding 2
Klf4	Kruppel-like factor 4
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
Ly6C	Lymphocyte Ag 6C
mMφ	Meningeal macrophage
moMφ	Monocyte-derived macrophage
MPS	Mononuclear phagocyte system
MS	Multiple Sclerosis
Myb	Myeloblastosis
pvMφ	Perivascular macrophage
RFP	Red fluorescent protein
SBF-EM	Serial block face scanning electron microscopy
YFP	Yellow fluorescent protein