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. 2018 Jun 27;19(7):1884. doi: 10.3390/ijms19071884
AβOs Amyloid β oligomers
AD Alzheimer’s disease
NDs Neurodegenerative diseases
Amyloid beta
NFTs Neurofibrillary tangles
PD Parkinson’s disease
MND Motor neuron diseases
HD Huntington’s disease
SCA Spinocerebellar ataxia
SMA Spinal muscular atrophy
pTau Tau protein
CSF Cerebrospinal fluid
PS Presenilin
APP Amyloid precursor protein
FAD Familial Alzheimer’s disease
APOE Apolipoprotein E
PSP Progressive supranuclear palsy
CBD Corticobasal degeneration
FTDP-17 Frontotemporal dementia and Parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17
LTP Long-term potentiation
LTD Long-term synaptic depression
LMW Low molecular weight
HMW High molecular weight
CNS Central nervous system
NMDAR N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor
ROS reactive oxygen species
CaMKII Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II
PSD-95 Postsynaptic density-95
AMPK AMP-activated kinase
GLUTs Glucose transporters
AMPAR α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor
mGluRs Metabotropic glutamate receptors
PrPC Cellular prion protein
AICD Amyloid intracellular domain
BACE1 β-site APP cleaving enzyme-1
GPI Glycosylphosphatidylinositol
β2ARs β2-adrenergic receptors
α7nAChR α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
IR Insulin receptor
NGF Nerve growth factor
p75NTR p75 neurotrophin receptor
TNF Tumor necrosis factor
IGF-1R Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor
PI3K Phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase
LilrB2 Leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor B2
LIR Leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptors
MHC Major histocompatibility complex
PirB Paired immunoglobulin-like receptor B
ODP Ocular dominance plasticity
FcγR Fc-gamma receptors
IgG Immunoglobulin gamma
TREM2 Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2
DAP12 DNAX-activating protein of 12 kDa
Eph Erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular carcinoma
FN Fibronectin
RAGE Receptor for advanced glycation endproducts
LRP Low density lipoprotein-related protein
RARβ Retinoic acid receptor-β
HMGB-1 High mobility group box 1 protein
AGE Advanced glycation endproducts
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
gp330 Glycoprotein 330
LDLR Low density lipoprotein receptor
NR Nuclear receptor
VDR Vitamin D receptor
LBD Ligand-binding/dimerization domain
DBD DNA-binding/weak dimerization domain
AF-1 Activation function 1
RXR Retinoid X receptor
SIRT 1 Sirtuin 1