acan	Aggrecan
ALS	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
BDNF	Brain derived neurotrophic factor
Bcan	Brevican
Casp-3	Caspase-3
Casp-7	Caspase-7
CSPGs	Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans
EAAT2	Excitatory amino acid transporter2
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
ECM	Extracellular matrix
FGF	Fibroblast growth factor
GFAP	Glial fibrillary acidic protein
GRNP	Glial-rich neural precursor
GrST	Grip strength test
Has 1	Hyaluronan synthase-1
ICC	Immunocytochemistry
IHC	Immunohistochemistry
iPSC	Induced pluripotent stem cells
IGF-1	Insulin growth factor-1
hapln-1	Hyaluronan and proteoglycan link protein-1
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinase
ADAMST-4	Metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs four
MNs	Motoneurons
NF	Neurofilaments
NGF	Nerve growth factor
NP-iPS	Neural precursors derived from induced pluripotent stem cells
PNN	Perineuronal nets
SR	Serotonin
SC	Stem cells
SOD1	Superoxide dismutase-1
TnR	Tenascin-R
Tg	Transgenic animals
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
vcan	Versican
WB	Western Blot
WT	Wild type animal