| Term | Full-Form |
| AC | Alternating current |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| AFM | Atomic Force Microscopy |
| BBB | Blood-brain barrier |
| BSE | Backscattered Electrons |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| Cryo-TEM | Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| CSP | Cysteine string protein |
| DEP | Dielectrophoretic |
| DLD | Deterministic lateral displacement |
| DLS | Dynamic Light Scattering |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| EOAD | Early-onset Alzheimer’s disease |
| ERT | Enzyme-replacement therapy |
| ESCRT | Endosomal sorting complex required for transport |
| EVs | Extracellular vesicles |
| FCM | Fluorescence Correlation Microscopy |
| GMP | Good manufacturing practices |
| GTPase | guanosine triphosphatase |
| HD | Huntington’s disease |
| KI | Knock in |
| LOAD | Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease |
| MHC | Major histocompatibility complex |
| miRNA | MicroRNA |
| MPS | Mononuclear phagocyte system |
| MVB | Multivesicular body |
| MVs | Microvesicles |
| NFTs | Neurofibrillary tangles |
| nPLEX | Nano plasmonic exosome |
| NSCLC | Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer |
| NTA | Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PEG | Polyethylene glycol |
| PM | Plasma membrane |
| SEC | Size exclusion chromatography |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| siRNAs | Small interfering RNAs |
| SPR | Surface Plasmon Resonance |
| TEM | Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| TFF | Tangential flow filtration |
| TSC | Tuberous sclerosis complex |