| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| AβP | Alzheimer’s β-amyloid protein |
| ATF7A | copper-transporting ATPase 7A |
| AMPA | α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| CHOP | CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein homologous protein |
| CJD | Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease |
| CTR1 | copper transporter 1 |
| D-APV | 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate |
| DLB | dementia with Lewy bodies |
| DMT1 | divalent metal transporter 1 |
| ER | endoplasmic reticulum |
| GABA | γ-aminobutyric acid |
| GADD34 | growth-arrest and DNA-damage-inducible gene 34 |
| [Ca2+]i | intracellular calcium levels |
| NMDA | N-methyl-d-aspartate |
| NAC | non-amyloid component |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PrP | prion protein |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SAPK/JNK | stress-activated protein kinases/c-Jun amino-terminal kinases |
| VD | vascular dementia |
| VGCC | voltage-gated Ca2+ channel |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| DMT1 | divalent metal transporter-1 |