| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| AD | Alzheimer disease |
| LBs | Lewy bodies |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| SN | substantial nigra |
| SNpc | substantia nigra par compacta |
| DA | dopaminergic neurons |
| ncRNA | non-coding RNA |
| TNF | tumor necrosis factor |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| NOS | nitric oxide synthase |
| NO | nitric oxide |
| TGF | transforming growth factor |
| IGF-1 | insulin-like growth factor-1 |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| TLR7 | toll-like receptors 7 |
| GMF | glial maturation factor |
| 3’UTR | 3’untranslated region |
| Act1 | NF-kB activator 1 |
| GMF | glial maturation factor |
| PPX | pramipexole |
| H3K27 | methylation of histone 3 lysine 27 |
| Jmjd3 | jumonji-domain Protein 3 |
| GDNF | glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| PPX | pramipexole |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| circRNA | circular RNA |
| LncRNA | long coding RNA |
| lncRNA UCA-1 | urothelial carcinoma-associated-1 |
| LncRNA-p21 | long non-coding RNA-p21 |
| lncRNA NEAT | nuclear-enriched assembly transcript-1 |
| LncRNA MALAT1 | metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 |
| lncRNA HOTAIR | HOX Transcript Antisense Intergenic RNA |
| LncRNA AS Uchl1 | antisense to the mouse Ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase 1 |
| piRNAs | Piwi interacting RNAs |
| piRNAs | Piwi interacting RNAs |
| SINEs | short interspersed nuclear element |
| LINEs | long interspersed nuclear element |
| DNMT | DNA methyltransferase |
| IL-1 | Interleukin 1 |
| m6A | RNA methylation |
| FTO | obesity related protein |
| ALKBH5 | alkylated DNA repair protein alkB homolog 5 |
| NMDA | N-methyl-D-aspartate |
| METTL3 | Methyltransferase-like 3 |
| HDAC | histone deacetylase |
| HAT | histone acetyltransferase |
| H3K14 | histone H3 lysine 14 |
| H3K18 | histone H3 lysine 18 |
| H3K9 | histone H3 lysine 9 |
| SB | sodium butyrate |
| TSA | trichostatin A |
| SAPK | stress-activated protein kinases |
| JNK | Jun amino-terminal kinases |
| ICAM-1 | intercellular adhesion molecule-1 |
| NO | nitric oxide |
| P13K | phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| Akt | As protein kinase B |
| mTOR | mammalian target of rapamycin |
| GDNF | glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial cell growth factor |
| PPARβ/δ | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors |
| JAK/STAT | Janus kinase/signal transducers and activators of transcription |
| MCI | Mild cognitive impairment |
| CDK5 | calpain 1/p25/cyclin-dependent kinases 5 |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor kappa B |
| STAT3 | Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 |