AD	Alzheimer’s Disease
ALS	Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
BDNF	Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor
bFGF	Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor
CD	Cluster of Differentiation
c-Myc	Cellular Myelocytomatosis Oncogene
CNTF	Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor
ECM	Extracellular Matrix
EGF	Epidermal Growth Factor
ESC	Embryonic Stem Cells
FTD	Frontotemporal Dementia
GDNF	Glial Cell-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
Glis1	Glis Family Zinc Finger 1
HD	Huntington’s Disease
iPSCs	Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Klf4	Kruppel-Like factor 4
LAA	L-Ascorbic Acid
LD	Linear Dichroism
MNs	Motor Neurons
MNDs	Motor Neuron Disease
NDs	Neurodegenerative Disease
NEAA	Non-Essential Amino Acids
NPCs	Neural Precursor Cells
NT-3	Neurotrophin 3
Oct4	Octamer Bunding Transcription Factor 4
OSKM	Group of Reprogramming Factors: Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, c-Myc
PD	Parkinson’s Disease
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase
PS48	Allosteric Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinase 2 (PDK1)
RA	Retinoic Acid
SAG	Smoothened Agonist
SCA	Spinocerebral Ataxia
SCNT	Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer
SCs	Stem Cells
SHH	Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Molecule
SMA	Spinal Muscular Atrophy
SNPs	Small Nuclear Polymorphisms
Sox2	SRY (Sex Determining Region Y)-box 2
SSEA4	Stage-specific Embryonic Antigen 4
TFs	Transcription Factor
TRA-1-81	Tumor-Related Antigen 1-81
TRA-1-60	Tumor-Related Antigen 1-60
TSA	Trichostatin A
VPA	Valproic acid