| Bag3 | Bcl2-associated athanogene 3 |
| BF | birefringence |
| β-actin | gene of beta actin |
| CASA | chaperone-assisted selective autophagy |
| CHIP | carboxyl terminus of HSC70-interacting protein |
| CMT2L | Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2L |
| co-IP | co-immunoprecipitation |
| Dd×20 | DEAD box protein |
| dHMN | distal hereditary motor neuropathy (type IIA) |
| dpf | days post fertilization |
| eef1a1l1 | gene of Danio rerio eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1 alpha 1, like 1 |
| fps | frames per second |
| hpf | hours post fertilization |
| Hsp70 | heat shock protein 70 |
| Hspb | heat shock protein B |
| hspb8 β-actin | mRNA of Hspb8 normalized to mRNA of beta actin |
| hspb8eef1a1l1 | mRNA of Hspb8 normalized to mRNA of eef1a1l1 |
| hspb8 rpl13a | mRNA of Hspb8 normalized to mRNA of rpl13a |
| KI | knock-in |
| KO | knock-out |
| LC-MS | liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| MO | morpholino oligonucleotides |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| PBST | phosphate-buffered saline with 1% (v/v) Tween-20 |
| PFA | paraformaldehyde |
| rpl13a | gene of Danio rerio ribosomal protein L13a |
| RT qPCR | real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction |
| RVM | rimmed vacuolar myopathy |
| sHSP | small heat shock protein |
| SMN | survival of motor neuron |
| TER | touch-evoked response |
| WB | Western blot |
| WT | wild type |