| Ach | Acetylcholine |
| AchE | Acetylcholinesterase |
| AICD | APP intracellular domain |
| AIF | apoptosis inducing factor |
| APP | amyloid precursor protein |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| Aβ | Amyloid beta |
| BACE-1 | β-secretase |
| BDNF | Brain derived neurotrophic factors |
| BuChE | Butyrylcholinesterase |
| CAG | cytosine-adenine-guanine |
| cAMP | cyclic adenosine monophosphate |
| ChAT | O-acetyltransferase |
| COX | cyclooxygenase |
| CREB | cAMP response element-binding protein |
| CRP | C reaction protein |
| DNA | deoxy ribonucleic acids |
| EGCG | Epigallocatechin-3-gallate |
| GABA | gamma aminobutyric acid |
| HDAC | Histone deacetylase |
| IL-1β | interleukin 1 β |
| MAO A | Monoamine oxidase A |
| MAO B | Monoamine oxidase B |
| MAO | Monoamine oxidase |
| MDA | malondialdehyde |
| MMP | Matrix metalloproteinase |
| mRNA | messenger ribonucleic acid |
| nAchR | nicotinic acetylcholine receptors |
| NF-ĸB | Nuclear factor kappa B |
| NO | Nitric oxide |
| PARP 1 | poly ADP-ribose polymerase-1 |
| PI3K | phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase |
| p-JNK | c-Jun-N-terminal kinase |
| PKA | protein kinase A |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| sAPPβ | soluble amyloid precursor proteins |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor-α |