| Aba | Aberrant astrocyte |
| AbGC | Aberrant glial cell |
| ALS | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| ChAT | Choline acetyl transferase |
| CPG | Central pattern generator |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| DCA | Dichloroacetate |
| ER | Endoplasmic reticulum |
| FUS | Fused in sarcoma |
| GABA | γ-aminobutyric acid |
| GFAP | glial fibrillary acidic protein |
| GLT-1 | Glutamate transporter 1 |
| IFNγ | Interferon gamma |
| iPSC | Induced pluripotent stem cell |
| MCT | Monocarboxylic acid transporter |
| mGluR5 | Metabotropic Glutamate receptor 5 |
| NPY | Neuropeptide Y |
| SOD1 | Superoxide dismutase-1 |
| SGPC | Spheroid GFAP-positive cell |
| TRIF | TIR domain-containing adaptor inducing interferon-β |
| TLR | Toll-like receptor |