| 3-NP | 3-nitropropionic acid |
| 5-HT | serotonin/serotonin receptor |
| A | adenosine |
| A1 | adenosine receptor 1 |
| Aβ | β-amyloid |
| Ach | acetylcholine |
| AchE | acetylcholinesterase |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| ADA | adenosine deaminase |
| α-syn | α-synuclein |
| AMP | adenosine monophosphate |
| AMPA | α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor |
| AMPK | AMP activated protein kinase |
| APP | amyloid precursor protein |
| BACE1 | β-secretase 1 |
| Bcl | B-cell lymphoma |
| BDNF | brain-derived neurotrophic factors |
| CDK | cyclin-dependent kinase |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| COX | cyclooxygenase |
| CREB | cyclic-AMP-response element-binding protein |
| DA | dopamine |
| D | dopaminergic receptor |
| EGFR | epidermal growth factor receptor |
| EphA2 | ephrin type-A receptor 2 |
| GABA | γ-aminobutyric acid |
| GLU | glutamate |
| GlyR | glycine receptor |
| GSK3β | glycogen synthase kinase 3 β |
| GSH | glutathione |
| GST | glutathione transferase |
| HD | Huntington’s disease |
| HPA | hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal |
| HSP70 | heat shock protein 70 |
| IL | interleukin |
| iNOS | inducible nitric oxide synthase |
| ISR | integrated stress response |
| JNK | c-Jun N-terminal kinase |
| LC3 | microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3B |
| LOX | lipoxygenase |
| M | muscarinic acetylcholine receptor |
| MAO-B | monoamine oxidase-B |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinases |
| MMP | metalloproteinase |
| mTOR | mammalian target of rapamycin kinase |
| N | nicotinic acetylcholine receptor |
| NGF | nerve growth factor |
| NMDA | N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor |
| NMRPTase | nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase |
| NOS | nitric oxide synthase |
| NfκB | nuclear-kappa B factor |
| NFTs | neurofibrillary tangles |
| Nrf | nuclear factor-like 2 |
| NRLP-3 | NLR Family Pyrin Domain Containing 3 |
| PAI-1 | plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PGC-1α | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator |
| PI3K | phosphoinositide 3-kinases |
| PON2 | paraoxonase-2 |
| Que | quercetin |
| RNS | reactive nitrogen species |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SIRT | sirtuin |
| SOD | superoxide dismutase |
| SPs | senile plaques |
| TLR | toll-like receptors |
| TNF-α | tumor necrosis factor-α |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |