| dietary restriction | DR |
| Parkinson’s disease | PD |
| central nervous system | CNS |
| Alzheimer’s disease | AD |
| multiple sclerosis | MS |
| calorie restriction | CR |
| intermittent fasting | IF |
| alternate day fasting | ADF |
| time-restricted feeding | TRF |
| every-other-day fasting | EODF |
| intermittent calorie restriction | ICR |
| fasting mimicking diet | FMD |
| glucagon-like peptide-1 | GLP-1 |
| peptide tyrosine-tyrosine | PYY |
| cholecystokinin | CCK |
| platelet-activating factor acetyl hydrolase | PLA2G7 |
| AMP-activated protein kinase | AMPK |
| nuclear respiratory factor | NRF |
| peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor | PPAR |
| ad libitum | AL |
| intermittent TRF | iTRF |
| glial-cell-line-derived neurotrophic factor | GDNF |
| brain-derived neurotrophic factor | BDNF |
| indole-3-propionic acid | IPA |
| 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine | MPTP |
| substantia nigra | SN |
| substantia nigra pars compacta | SNpc |
| 6-hydroxydopamine | 6-OHDA |
| α-synuclein preformed fibers | PFF |
| dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus | DMV |
| high-fat diet | HFD |
| type 2 diabetes | T2DM |
| intermittent energy restriction | IER |
| continuous energy restriction | CER |
| multiple sclerosis | MS |
| reactive oxygen species | ROS |
| sirtuins | SIRTs |
| nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide | NAD |
| calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II | CaMKII |
| electron transport chain | ETC |
| old ad libitum | OAL |
| ubiquitin-proteasome system | UPS |
| short-chain fatty acids | SCFAs |
| blood–brain barrier | BBB |
| high-fat diet | HFD |
| low-fat diet | LFD |
| large amounts of neutral amino acids | LNAA |
| branched-chain amino acids | BCAAs |