AD	Alzheimer’s disease
CDI	Conformation-Dependent Immunoassay
CJD	Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
CSA	Conformational Stability Assay
FFI	fatal familial insomnia
FTLD	frontotemporal lobar degeneration
GSS	Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker syndrome
MAPT	microtubule-associated protein tau gene
PrP	prion protein
PrPC	normal or cellular prion protein
PrPSc	pathogenic prion protein
PRNP	prion protein gene
CJD	sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
RT QuIC	Real-Time Quaking-Induced Conversion
SFI	sporadic fatal insomnia
VPSPr	variable protease-sensitive prionopathy