| ALS | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| ALS2 | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2 |
| ALS4 | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 4 |
| AO-ALS | adult onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| BICD2 | BICD cargo adaptor 2 gene |
| DDHD1 | DDHD domain containing 1 |
| dHMN | distal hereditary motor neuropathy |
| EMG | electromyography |
| ERLIN1 | endoplasmic reticulum lipid raft-associated protein 1 |
| fMRI | functional magnetic resonance imaging |
| FTD | frontotemporal dementia |
| FUS | fused in Sarcoma |
| GNE | glucosamine (UDP-N-acetyl)-2-epimerase |
| HSAN | hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy |
| HSP | hereditary spastic paraplegia |
| JALS | juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| JPLS | juvenile primary lateral sclerosis |
| LMN | lower motor neuron |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| SIGMAR1 | Sigma-1 receptor |
| SMA | spinal muscular atrophy |
| SOD1 | copper/zinc superoxide dismutase-1 |
| SPG11 | spastic paraplegia 11 |
| SPTLC1 | serine palmitoyltransferase, long-chain base subunit 1 |
| SYNE1 | spectrin repeat containing nuclear envelope protein 1 gene |
| TARDBP | TAR DNA binding protein |
| TDP 43 | transactive response DNA binding protein 43 |
| UBQNL2 | Ubiquilin2 |
| UMN | upper motor neuron |
| VRK1 | vaccinia-related kinase 1 |