| HDAC | Histone Deacetylase |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| Aβ | Beta-Amyloid |
| NFTs | Neurofibrillary Tangles |
| APP | Amyloid Precursor Protein |
| AD | Alzheimer’s Disease |
| DMTs | Disease Modifying Therapeutics |
| PD | Parkinson’s Disease |
| SNCA | Synuclein Alpha |
| PINK1 | PTEN-induced Putative Kinase 1 |
| PARKN | Parkin |
| DJ-1 | Protein Deglycase |
| LRRK2 | Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 |
| LAMPs | Lysosome-Associated Membrane Proteins |
| LC3 | Light Chain 3 |
| PAS | Phagophore-Associated Site |
| YFP | Yellow fluorescent protein |
| GFP | Green fluorescent protein |
| LGG-1 | LC3, GABARAP and GATE-16 family |
| AMP | Adenosine Monophosphate |
| ATP | Adenosine Triphosphate |
| AMPK | AMP-Activated Protein Kinase |
| mTORC | Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Complex |
| ULK1/2 | UNC-51-like Autophagy-Activating Kinase 1/2 |
| ATG | Autophagy-Related |
| RNA | Ribonucleic Acid |
| FOXO | Forkhead Box transcription factor |
| HLH | Helix-Loop-Helix |
| DAF-16 | Abnormal DAuer Formation-16 |
| TFEB | Transcription Factor EB |
| Akt | A Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase |
| VATPase | Vacuolar ATPase |
| SIRT | Sirtuin |
| cAMP | Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate |
| IRE1α | Inositol-requiring kinase 1α |
| PERK | Protein kinase (PKR)-like Endoplasmic |
| Reticulum Kinase | |
| ATF6 | Activating Transcription Factor 6 |
| CAT | Catalase |
| TLR | Toll-like Receptor |
| HIF-1 | Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 |
| NAD | Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide |
| SOD | Superoxide Dismutase |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| PPARγ | Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor |
| Gamma | |
| PGC-1α | PPARγ Coactivator-1α |
| MPTP | 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine |
| TβRI | TGF-β Receptor Protein 1 |