αβ42	Amyloid-beta 42
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
ALGMA	Methacrylated alginate
ASCs	Adult stem cells
BBB	Blood–brain barrier
BDNF	Brain-derived growth factor
BMECs	Brain microvascular endothelial cells
BoC	Brain-on-chip
CMC	Carboxymethyl chitosan
CNS	Central nervous system
CNT	Carbon nanotube
COL	Collagen
COLMA	Methacrylated collagen
CS	Chondroitin sulphate
CSPGs	Chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans
DA	Dopaminergic
DAC	2,3–dialdehyde
dbcAMP	Dibutyryl cyclic adenosine monophosphate
EBs	Embryoid bodies
ECM	Extracellular matrix
ENO2	Enolase 2
ESCs	Embryonic stem cells
FACE	Fluorescence-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis
GAGs	Glycosaminoglycans
GFAP	Glial fibrillary acidic protein
HA	Hyaluronic acid
HA-CA	Cathecol (functionalized) hyaluronic acid
HAMA	Methacrylated hyaluronic acid
hfNSCs	Human fetal neural stem cells
HSPGs	Heparan sulphate proteoglycans
ICC	Inverted colloidal crystal
iPSCs	Induced pluripotent stem cells
LC–MS	Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry
LOP	Lab-on-a-printer
MAP2	Microtubule-associated protein 2
MMP	Metalloproteinases
MSCs	Mesenchymal stem cells
NGF	Nerve growth factor
NPCs	Neural progenitor cells
NSCs	Neural stem cells
NPs	Nanoparticles
OLs	Oligodendrocytes
OPCs	Oligodendrocyte precursor cells
OPN	Osteopontin
Pγ	Pyrrole
PAAM–CH	Polyacrylamide–chitosan
PANi	Polyaniline
PBT	Polybutylene terephthalate
PCL	Polycaprolactone
PD	Parkinson’s disease
PEDOT	Poly-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene
PEGDA	Polyethylene glycol diacrylate
γ-PGA	Poly-γ-glutamic acid
PGS	Pyrolytic graphite sheet
PLA	Polylactic acid
PLO	Poly-L-ornithine
PLGA	Polylactic-co-glycolic-acid
polyHIPE	Polymerized high internal phase emulsions
PPγ	Polypyrrole
RA	Retinoic acid
S100β	S100 calcium-binding protein β
SEM	Scanning electron microscopy
SF	Silk fibroin
SPI	Spinal cord injury
TE	Tissue engineering
TMPTA	Trimethylolpropane triacrylate
TPA	12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate
Tuj1	β-III-tubulin