4E-BP1	Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (EIF4E)-binding protein
6-OHDA	6-hydroxydopamine
AD	Alzheimer disease
AF6	Afadin 6
AKT	Protein kinase B
AP-1	Activator protein 1
APC	Adenomatous-polyposis-coli
APP	Amyloid precursor protein
ARF	ADP ribosylation factor
ASK-1	Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase-1
ATG13	Autophagy-related gene 13
Aβ	Amyloid beta
BAD	Bcl-2-associated death
BAG1	BCL-2-associated athanogene-1
BAX	Bcl-2-associated X protein
BCL-2	B-cell lymphoma 2
BCL-xL	B-cell lymphoma-extra large
BDNF	Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
BIM	Bcl-2-like protein 11
BNIP3	BCL-2/adenovirus E1B 19 kDa interacting protein 3
CA	Conserved area
CAAX	C = Cys, A = aliphatic and X = any amino acid
CDC	Cell division cycle
CDC25	Cell division cycle 25
CGN	Cerebellar granule neuron
CIB1	Cryptochrome-interacting basic helix-loop-helix 1
CIBN	Cryptochrome-interacting basic-helix-loop-helix, N-terminal domain
CK2	Casein kinase 2
CNK1	Connector enhancer of kinase suppressor of RAS 1
CNS	Central nervous system
CREB	cAMP response element-binding protein
CRMP-2	Collapsin response mediator protein-2
CRY2	Cryptochrome 2
CSPG	Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan
DCC	Deleted in colorectal cancer
DEPTOR	DEP domain-containing mTOR-interacting protein
DH	Dbl-homology domain
DLK	Dual leucine zipper-bearing kinase
DR4	Death receptor 4
DREZ	Dorsal root entry zone
DRG	Dorsal root ganglion
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
EIF4E	Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E
ER	Endoplasmatic reticulum
ERK	Extracellular-signal-regulated-kinase
ETS	E26 transformation-specific
ETS	E26 transformation-specific
FGF	Fibroblast growth factor
FGFR	Fibroblast growth factor receptor
FKF1	Flavin-binding, kelch repeat, f box 1
FKHR	Forkhead
FMN	Flavin mononucleotide
GAP	GTPase-activating protein
GDP	Guanosine diphosphate
GEF	Guanine nucleotide exchange factor
GNBP	Guanine nucleotide binding protein
GTP	Guanosine triphosphate
GTPases	Guanosine triphosphatases
HD	Huntington’s disease
hMSC	Human mesenchymal stem cells
H-RAS	Harvey-RAS
HTT	Huntingtin
HVR	Hypervariable region
ICMT	Isoprenylcysteine carboxylmethyl transferase
iLID	Improved light-inducible dimer
ILK	Integrin-linked kinase
ITSN	Intersectin
KLF	Krüppel-like family of transcription factors
KO	Knock out
K-RAS	Kirsten-RAS
KSR	Kinase suppressor of RAS
LOV	Light-oxygen-voltage
MAG	Myelin-associated glycoprotein
MAPK	Mitogen activated protein kinase
MEK	MAPK/ERK kinase
mLST8	Mammalian lethal with SEC13 protein 8
MNPs	Magnetic nanoparticle
MPT	Magneto Protein Therapy
MPTP	1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridin
mSIN1	Mammalian stress-activated map kinase-interacting protein 1
MST	Mammalian sterile
mTOR	Mammalian target of rapamycin
MUPP1	Multi-PDZ domain protein 1
NF-κB	Nuclear factor κB
NGF	Nerve growth factor
NIR	Near-infrared
NMDA	N-Methyl-d-aspartic acid
NOGO	Neurite outgrowth inhibitor
NORE1	Novel RAS effector 1
NOTCH	Neurogenic locus notch homolog protein
N-RAS	Neuroblastoma-RAS
NURR1	Nuclear receptor-related 1 protein
PAK	p21-activated kinase
PARP1	Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1
PC12	Pheochromocytoma cells
PCB	Phycocyanobilin
PDK1	Phosphoinositide-dependent kinase1
PDZ	PSD-95 Dlg1 ZO-1
PERK	Protein kinase-like ER kinase
PH	Pleckstrin-homology domain
PHYB	Phytochrome B
PI3K	Phosphoinositide-3 kinase
PIF	Phytochromes interacting factor
PIP2	Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate
PIP3	Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate
PKC	Protein kinase C
PLC	Phospholipase C
PNS	Peripheral nervous system
PRAS40	Proline-rich AKT substrate 40 kDa
PTEN	Phosphatase and tensin homolog
RA	RAS association
RAB	RAS-like proteins in brain
RAC	RAS-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate
RAF	Rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma
RAG	Recombination-activating gene
RAL	RAS-like
RALGDS	RAL guanine nucleotide dissociation stimulator
RAN	RAS-like nuclear
RAP1	RAS-related protein 1
RAPTOR	Regulatory-associated protein of mammalian target of rapamycin
RAS	Rat sarcoma
RASSF	RAS association family
RBD	RAS-binding domain
RCE1	RAS-converting enzyme
RGC	Retinal ganglion cell
RGL	RAL guanine nucleotide dissociation stimulator-like
RHEB	RAS homolog protein enriched in Brain
RHO	RAS homologs
RHOA	Ras homolog gene family, member A
RICTOR	Rapamycin-insensitive companion of mTOR
RIN	RAS and RAB interactor
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
ROCK	RHO-associated protein kinase
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
RTK	Receptor tyrosine kinases
S6K1	p70 S6 Kinase
SARAH	Salvador-RASSF-Hippo
SFK	SRC family kinase
SNAIL	Zinc finger protein SNAI1
SPIONs	Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles
TCTP	Translationally controlled tumor protein
TH	Tyrosine hydroxylase
TIAM1	T-lymphoma invasion and metastasis-inducing protein 1
TNFα	Tumor necrosis factor α
TRK	Tyrosine receptor kinase
TRKB	Tropomyosin receptor kinase B
TRP	Transient receptor potential
TRPV4	Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 4
TSC	Tuberous sclerosis complex
TSC1	Hamartin
TSC2	Tuberin
U2OS	Human bone osteosarcoma epithelial cell line
ULK1	Uncoordinated 51-like kinase
VPS21	Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 21
WAVE	WASP-family verprolin homologous protein
WNT	int/Wingless
ZO-1	Zonula occludens-1