| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| ALS | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
| CTRs | healthy controls |
| DE miRNAs | differentially expressed miRNAs |
| ESCRT | Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport |
| EVs | extracellular vesicles |
| EXOs | exosomes |
| FTD | frontotemporal dementia |
| GWAS | Genome-wide association studies |
| ILVs | intraluminal vesicles |
| IPA | Ingenuity pathway analysis |
| LBs | Lewy bodies |
| LEVs | large extracellular vesicles |
| lncRNA | long non coding RNA |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| MVs | microvesicles |
| NDs | neurodegenerative diseases |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| RBPs | RNA-binding proteins |
| SEVs | small extracellular vesicles |
| SN | substantia nigra |
| SNPs | single nucleotide polymorphisms |
| TLRs | Toll like receptors |