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. 2022 Nov 12;23(22):13954. doi: 10.3390/ijms232213954
AA Arachidonic acid
Beta-amyloid peptide
AβO Aβ oligomers
AD Alzheimer’s disease
ADAD Autosomal-dominant Alzheimer’s disease
ALA Alpha linolenic acid
aMCI Amnesic mild cognitive impairment
APOE Apolipoprotein E
APP Amyloid precursor protein
BBB Blood–brain barrier
BPSD Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia
CBS Cognitive-behavioral syndrome
CSF Cerebrospinal fluid
CNS Central nervous system
CNTF Ciliary neurotrophic factor
DHA Docosahexaenoic acid
ECM Extracellular matrix
EPA Eicosapentaenoic acid
FA Fatty acid
FDG-PET Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography
GFP Green Fluorescent Protein
HSV-1 Herpes simplex virus type I
IN Intranasal
iPSC Pluripotent stem cell
LA Linoleic acid
LC-PUFA Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid
Lf Lactoferrin
MCI Mild cognitive impairment
MOR Opioid receptor mu
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
n-3 Omega-3
n-3 PUFA Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid
n-6 Omega 6
ND Neurodegenerative disease
NFT Neurofibrillary tangles
NHP Non-human primate
NIA-AA National Institute of Aging and the Alzheimer’s Association
NL Nanoliposome
NMDA N-methyl-D-aspartate
NP Nanoparticle
NPC Neural progenitor cell
PC Phosphatidylcholine
PE Phosphatidylethanolamine
PET Positron emission tomography
PITRM1 Pitrilysin metallopeptidase 1
PL Phospholipid
PLGA Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)
PS Phosphatidylserine
PSEN1 Presenilin 1
PSEN2 Presenilin 2
PUFA Polyunsaturated fatty acid
ROS Reactive oxygen species
RVG Rabies virus glycoprotein
SAD Sporadic Alzheimer Disease
SEM Scanning electron microscopy
Tau Tubule Associated Unit
Tf Transferrin
TfR Transferrin receptor