| AD | Alzheimer’s Disease |
| AI | Adequate Intake |
| BFCN | Basal Forebrain Cholinergic Neuron |
| CHRNA7 | Cholinergic Receptor Nicotinic Alpha 7 Subunit |
| DMG | Dimethylglycine |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DS | Down Syndrome |
| EFSA | European Food Safety Authority |
| FAS | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
| ID | Iron Deficiency |
| MCS | Maternal Choline Supplementation |
| MTHFD | Methylenetetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase |
| NHANES | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| NPTDCHOs | Neural Progenitor Cells |
| NTDs | Neural Tube Defects |
| PEMT | Phosphatidylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase. |
| PtdCho | Phosphatidylcholine |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| RCTs | Randomized Controlled Trials. |
| SNP | Single nucleotide polymorphisms |