Aβ	Amyloid–beta
AD	Alzheimer’s Disease
ALS	Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
APP	Amyloid Precursor Protein
APPL	Amyloid–beta–like protein
A–T	Ataxia Telangiectasia
BACE	Beta–secretase
Cas9	CRISPR Associated Protein 9
CD2AP	CD2-Associated Protein
CELF1	CUGBP Elav-Like Family member 1
CRISPR	Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
CTE	Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
C9ORF72	Chromosome 9 Open Reading Frame 72
DA neurons	Dopaminergic neurons
DAT	Dopamine transporter
DCP–1	Death caspase–1
DPR	Dipeptide repeat expansion
eGFP	Enhanced green fluorescent protein
EJP	Excitatory junction potential
FERMT2	Fermitin family homolog 2
FITC	Fluorescein isothiocyanate
FM1–43	Fluorescent dye used for the real–time measurement of exocytosis and endocytosis in living cells
FUS	Fused in Sarcoma
GBA	Glucosylceramidase beta
GFP	Green fluorescent protein
GWAS	Genome–Wide Association Study
H&E	Hematoxylin and Eosin
HD	Huntington’s disease
HPLC	High–performance liquid chromatography
IFM	Indirect flight muscle
ITGAM	Integrin alpha M
ITGA9	Integrin alpha 9
LRRK 2	Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2
MAST4	Microtubule-associated serine/threonine kinase family member 4
MEGF10	Multiple EGF-like-domains 10
mTORC1	Mammalian target of rapamycin Complex 1
NMJ	Neuromuscular junction
Ommatidia	Clusters of photoreceptors and supporting cells that compose the adult eye
PARP	Poly(ADP–ribose) polymerase
PD	Parkinson’s disease
PER	Period
PINK1	PTEN-induced kinase 1
pTAU	Phosphorylated Tau
pTBI	Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury
PTPRD	Receptor-type protein tyrosine phosphatase delta
RFP	Red Fluorescent Protein
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
RT–PCR	Reverse transcription PCR
SEM	Scanning Electron Microscopy
siRNA	Small interfering RNA
SNRPRN	Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide N
SOD	Superoxide dismutase
TBI	Traumatic Brain Injury
TEM	Transmission Electron Microscopy
TH	Tyrosine hydroxylase
TRIM-NHL	Tripartite motif-NCL-1/HT2A/LIN-41
TUNEL	Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling
UAS	Upstream activating sequence
UBQLN2	Ubiquilin 2
UCH-L1	Ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1
VAPB	Vesicle-associated membrane protein-associated protein B/C
VCP	Valosin-containing protein
XYLT1	Xylosyltransferase 1
X–34	Fluorescent dye used to stain for amyloid depositions