Alfy	Autophagy-linked FYVE-domain protein
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
AMPK	AMP-activated protein kinase
ALS	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Aβ	β-amyloid
CBZ	Carbamazepine
PrPC	Cellular prion protein
CNS	Central nervous system
CMA	Chaperone-mediated autophagy
DEPTOR	DEP domain-containing mTOR interacting protein
4E-BP1	EIF4E-binding protein 1
eIF4E	Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E
GSK-3β	Glycogen synthase kinase-3 β
Hsc70	Heat shock complex 70
HD	Huntington’s disease
IMPase	Inositol monophosphatase
IPP	Inositol polyphosphatase-1
IP3	1,4,5 inositol triphosphate
mLST8	Mammalian lethal with SEC13 protein 8
mTOR	Mammalian target of rapamycin
LC3B	Microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 B
MTOC	Microtubule organizing center
mTORC1	MTOR enzymatic complex 1
mTORC2	MTOR enzymatic complex 2
NBR1	Neighbor of BRCA1 gene1
PD	Parkinson’s disease
PIP2	Phosphatidylinositol 4′,5′-biphosphate
PIP3	Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-triphosphate
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PIKKs	PI3K-related kinase
PrPSc	Prion protein Scrapie
PRAS40	Proline rich AKT substrate 40-kDa
PCDs	Protein conformational disorders
PINK1	PTEN-induced putative protein kinase 1
Rheb	RAS homolog enriched in brain
RAPTOR	Regulatory associated protein of mTOR
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
S6K1	S6 kinase 1
SQSTM1/p62	Sequestrosome 1/p62
SMERs	Small-molecule enhancers of rapamycin
TSE	Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
TSC	Tuberous sclerosis complex
UPS	Ubiquitin-proteasome system
Ulk1	Unc-51-like kinase 1
VPA	Valproic acid