AD	Alzheimer’s disease
Aβ	Amyloid-β proteins
APP	Amyloid-β precursor protein
NFTs	Neurofibrillary tangles
CNS	Central nervous system
PNS	Peripheral nervous system
MTs	Microtubules
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
PHFs	Paired helical filaments
nAChRs	Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
mAChRs	Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors
ACh	Acetylcholine
sAPPα	Soluble amyloid precursor protein–α
CTF	C-terminal fragment
AICD	APP intracellular domain
PI3K	Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase
MAPK	Mitogen activated protein kinase
ERK	Extracellular signal regulated kinase
PKC	Protein kinase C
cAMP-PKA	Cyclic AMP–protein kinase A
LTD	Long-term depression
LTP	Long-term potentiation
CSF	Cerebrospinal fluid
BACE	β-Site APP cleaving enzyme
ADDLs	Amyloid-β-derived diffused ligands
NMDA	N-Methyl-D-aspartate
AβOs	Aβ oligomers
GPCRs	G-protein-coupled receptors
cAMP	Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
DAG	Diacylglycerol
IP3	Inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate
GSK3β	Glycogen synthase kinase 3β
5-HT	Serotonin; 5 hydroxytryptamine
NP	Norepinephrine
GAPs	GTPase activating proteins
AChE	Acetylcholinesterase
AChEi	Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
α-BTX	α-Bungarotoxin
JNK-1	c-Jun N-terminal kinase
VDCCs	Voltage-dependent calcium channels
GABA	γ-Aminobutyric acid
GAD	Glutamic acid decarboxylase
vGAT	Vesicular GABA transporter
KCC2	Potassium chloride co-transporter 2
CGN	Cerebellar granule neuron
ERK/mTOR	Extracellular-signal-regulated kinase/ mechanistic target of rapamycin
PP2A	Protein phosphatase 2A
Cdk5	Cyclin-dependent kinase 5
DG	Dentate gyrus
PLC	Phospholipase C
SSRI	Serotonin reuptake inhibitors
IAPP	Islet amyloid polypeptide
RAMP	Receptor activity modifying protein
CT	Calcitonin
T2DM	Type 2 diabetes mellitus
AMY3	Amylin-3 receptor
CTR	Calcitonin receptor
HFNs	Human fetal neurons
TRPV4	Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 4
LTAD	Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease
RGP	Rabies virus glycoprotein
3FTx	Three-finger toxin