| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| ADRD | Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias |
| ALIS | Automated ligand identification system |
| APP | Amyloid–β precursor protein |
| AS | Antisense transcript |
| ASO | Antisense oligonucleotide |
| BACE1-AS | β-secretase 1 antisense transcript |
| BBB | Blood–brain barrier |
| BDNF | Brain-derived neurotropic factor |
| Cat-ELCCA | Catalytic enzyme-linked click chemistry assay |
| CDR1-AS | Cerebellar degeneration-related protein 1 antisense RNA |
| Chem-CLIP-Map-Seq | Chemical Cross-Linking and Isolation by Pull-down to Map Small Molecule-RNA Binding Sites |
| ChIP-seq | Chromatin immunoprecipitation-RNA-seq |
| circRNA | Circular RNA |
| CREB | cAMP response element-binding protein |
| DGCR8 | DiGeorge critical region 8 |
| DRUG-seq | Digital RNA with perturbation of Genes |
| ENCODE | Encyclopedia of DNA Elements |
| Exp5 | Exportin 5 |
| FANTOM | Functional Annotation of the Mammalian Genome |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FID | Fluorescent indicator displacement |
| FP | Fluorescence polarization |
| FRET | Fluorescence resonance energy transfer |
| FTD | Frontotemporal dementia |
| HD | Huntington’s disease |
| HOTAIR | HOX antisense intergenic RNA |
| HTS | High-throughput screen |
| HTT | Huntingtin |
| ITC | Isothermal titration calorimetry |
| LBD | Lewy body dementia |
| LC-MS | Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| lncRNA | Long non-coding RNA |
| MALAT1 | Metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 |
| MED | Multiple etiology dementias |
| miRNA | MicroRNA |
| MoA | Mechanism of action |
| mRNA | Messenger RNA |
| ncRNA | Non-coding RNA |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| PAIN | Pan-assay interference |
| PDB | Protein data bank |
| PK/PD | Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics |
| PRC2 | Polycomb repressive complex 2 |
| PSEN1 | Presenilin 1 |
| PSEN2 | Presenilin 2 |
| RBP | RNA binding protein |
| REST | RE1-silencing transcription factor |
| RISC | RNA-induced silencing complex |
| rRNA | Ribosomal RNA |
| shRNA | Short hairpin RNA |
| siRNA | Small interfering RNA |
| SMN2 | Survival of motor neuron 2 |
| sncRNA | Small ncRNA |
| snoRNA | Small nucleolar RNA |
| snRNA | Small nuclear RNA |
| SPR | Surface plasmon resonance |
| TORNADO-seq | Targeted organoid sequencing |
| TRBP | Transactivating response RNA-binding protein |
| tRNA | Transfer RNA |
| VCID | Vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia |