ALS	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
ASCL1	Achaetescute family bHLH transcription factor 1
ATRA	All-trans retinoic acid
bHLH	Basic helix-loop-helix
bFGF	Basic fibroblast growth factor
BMP	Bone morphogenetic protein
BDNF	Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
CNS	Central nervous system
Wnt	Canonical WNT/β-catenin signaling pathway
CNTF	Ciliary neurotrophic factor
ChAT	Choline acetyltransferase
Cpd E	Compound E
CAT7	Chromatin associated transcript 7
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
ESCs	Embryonic stem cells
FGF	Fibroblast growth factor
FOXP1	Forkhead box protein 1
FGF2	Fibroblast growth factor 2
GDNF	Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor
GSK-3	Glycogen synthase kinase 3
hiPSCs	Human induced pluripotent stem cells
HOXC6	Homeobox C6
HB9	Homeodomain
HST	Hoechst 33342
ISL1	Insulin gene enhancer 1
LHX3	LIM/homeobox 3
LHX1	Lim homeodomain transcription factors
LncRNAs	long non-coding RNAs
miRNAs	microRNAs
MAP2	Microtubule Associated Protein 2
MNs	Motor neurons
MS1	Musashi RNA Binding Protein
MYT1L	Myelin transcription factor 1 like
MNX1	Motor neuron and pancreas homeobox 1
NPCs	Neural progenitor cells
NGN2	Neurogenin-2
NMJs	Neuromuscular junctions
DAPT	N-[N- (3,5-difluorophenacetyl)-l-alanyl]-S-phenylglycine t-butyl ester
NKX2.2	NK2 homeobox 2
NT3	Neurotrophin-3
ncRNAs	Non-coding RNAs
NEAT1	Nuclear-enriched abundant transcript 1
NGN1	Neurogenin 1
NGN2	Neurogenin 2
NGN3	Neurogenin 3
NEUROD1	Neuronal Differentiation 1
NEUROD2	Neuronal Differentiation 2
Olig2	Oligodendrocyte transcription factor
OC1	Onecut transcription factors
PSA-NCAM	Polysialylated-neural cell adhesion molecule
POU5F1	POU class 5 homeobox 1
PHOX2A	Paired like homeobox 2A
POU3F2	POU class 3 homeobox 2
Pax6	Paired box protein 6
PUR	Purmorphamine
qPCR	Quantitative PCR
RA	Retinoic acid signaling pathway
ROCK	Rho-associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase
Shh	Sonic Hedgehog signaling pathway
Sox2	Sex determining region Y-box 2
SAG	Smoothened agonist
SOX1	SRY-Box Transcription Factor 1
SOX3	SRY-Box Transcription Factor
SOX11	SRY-box transcription factor 11
Synapsins	Regulation of neurotransmitter release at synapses
TGFβ	Transforming growth factor-β
TUBB3	Tubulin Beta 3 Class III
TBX20	T-Box Transcription Factor 20
UTR	3′Untranslated region
VPA	Valproic Acid
VAChT	Vesicular acetylcholine transporter
WPI	Weeks post viral infection
ALS	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
APCDD1	Adenomatosis polyposis downregulated
1ASCL1	Achaetescute family bHLH transcription factor 1
ATRA	All-trans retinoic acidbHLH, Basic helix-loop-helix
bFGF	Basic fibroblast growth factor
BMP	Bone morphogenetic protein
BME	β-mercaptoethanol
BDNF	Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
CNS	Central nervous system
Wnt	Canonical WNT/β-catenin signaling pathway
CNTF	Ciliary neurotrophic factor
ChAT	Choline acetyltransferase
Cpd E	Compound E
CAT7	Chromatin associated transcript 7
Dl1	Delta-like 1
Dl4	Delta-like 4
DMH1	a bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) inhibitor
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
ESCs	Embryonic stem cells
FGF	Fibroblast growth factor
FOXP1	Forkhead box protein 1
FGF2	Fibroblast growth factor 2
GDNF	Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor
GSK-3	Glycogen synthase kinase 3
hiPSCs	Human induced pluripotent stem cells
HOXC6	Homeobox C6
HST	Hoechst 33342
ISL1	Insulin gene enhancer 1
LHX3	LIM/homeobox 3
LHX1	Lim homeodomain transcription factors
LncRNAs	Long non-coding RNAs
miRNAs	microRNAs
MAP2	Microtubule Associated Protein 2
MEG3	Maternally expressed gene 3
MNs	Motor neurons
MS1	Musashi RNA Binding Protein
MYT1L	Myelin transcription factor 1 like
MNX1/HB9	Motor neuron and pancreas homeobox 1
NPCs	Neural progenitor cells
NMJs	Neuromuscular junctions
DAPT	N-[N- (3,5-difluorophenacetyl)-l-alanyl]-S-phenylglycine t-butyl ester
NKX2.2	NK2 homeobox 2
NT3	Neurotrophin-3
ncRNAs	Non-coding RNAs
NEAT1	Nuclear-enriched abundant transcript 1
NGN1	Neurogenin 1
NGN2	Neurogenin 2
NGN3	Neurogenin 3
NEUROD1	Neuronal Differentiation 1
NEUROD2	Neuronal Differentiation 2
Olig2	Oligodendrocyte transcription factor
OC1	Onecut transcription factors
PSA-NCAM	Polysialylated-neural cell adhesion molecule
POU5F1	POU class 5 homeobox 1
PHOX2A	Paired like homeobox 2A
POU3F2	POU class 3 homeobox 2
PAX6	Paired box protein 6
PUR	Purmorphamine
qPCR	Quantitative PCR
RA	Retinoic acid signaling pathway
ROCK	Rho-associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase
Shh	Sonic Hedgehog signaling pathway
SOX2	Sex-determining region Y-box 2
SAG	Smoothened agonist
SOX1	SRY-Box Transcription Factor 1
SOX3	SRY-Box Transcription Factor
SOX11	SRY-box transcription factor 11
Synapsins	Regulation of neurotransmitter release at synapses
SYP	Synaptophysin
SMI-32	Neurofilament
TGFβ	Transforming growth factor-β
TUBB3	Tubulin Beta 3 Class III
TBX20	T-Box Transcription Factor 20
UTR	3′Untranslated region
VPA	Valproic Acid
VAChT	Vesicular acetylcholine transporter
WPI	Weeks post-viral infection
Waif1/5T4	Wnt-activated inhibitory factor 1
ZIC1	Zic family member 1