| AβP | β-amyloid protein |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| AFM | Atomic force microscopy |
| ALS | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| AMPA | α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate |
| APP | Amyloid precursor protein |
| β2M | β2-Microglobulin |
| BSE | Bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
| CD | Far-UV circular dichroism |
| CJD | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| DLB | Dementia with Lewy bodies |
| FAP | Familial amyloid polyneuropathy |
| FT-ICR MS | Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry |
| GPI | Glycosylphosphatidylinositol |
| GSS | Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography |
| IAPP | Islet amyloid polypeptide |
| IM-MS | Ion mobility mass spectrometry |
| IRE | Iron-responsive element |
| NAC | Non-amyloid component |
| NFT | Neurofibrillary tangles |
| NMDA | N-methyl-d-aspartate |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PIMT | Protein l-isoaspartyl O-methyltransferase |
| PrP | Prion protein |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| ZIP | Zrt-, Irt-like protein |
| ThT | Thioflavin T |