5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA)
abnormal involuntary movement scale (AIMS)
adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH)
Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS)
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid)
bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)
brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)
Cannabinoid type 2 receptor (CB2)
central dogma of molecular biology
chorionic villus sampling (CVS)
ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF)
clinical global impression (CGI)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
cyclic adenosine monophosphate
cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
Dentatorubro-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA)
dihommogamma-linoleic acid (DGLA)
electroencephalograph (EEG) testing
encephalomyopathy lactic acidosis
fitness (reproductive fitness)
Flavin-adenine dinucleotide (FAD)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF)
glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GNDF) family
glucocorticoid degenerative cascade
glucocorticoid-glucocorticoid receptor complex
graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)
green fluorescent protein (GFP)
hairpin-mediated polymerase slippage model
high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC)
high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol
highly unsaturated fatty acids
histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDAC inhibitors)
histone methyltransferase (HMT)
Huntington's Disease Society of America
Huntington’s disease-like 2 (HDL2)
inducible nitric oxide synthetase (iNOS)
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1)
low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol
low-density lipoproteins (LDL)
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
methyltetrahydrofolate (methylTHF)
mini mental state examination (MMSE)
mitochondrial creatine kinase (mtCK)
mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase
Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 (DM1)
nerve growth factor (NGF) superfamily
neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs)
neurotrophic factor hypothesis
non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
NRSE (nerve cell restrictive silencer element)
peripheral nervous system (PNS)
platelet-activating factor (PAF)
poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP1)
polyglutamine expansion disorders
polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
rapid eye movement (REM) sleep
repressor element 1/neuron restrictive silencing element (RE1/NRSE)
repressor element 1/neuronal restrictive silencing transcription factor (REST/NSRF)
Schedule I controlled substance
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
short interference RNA (siRNA)
single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)
spermatogonia (singular: spermatogonium)
spinobulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA)
spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs)
sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs)
suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA)
subthalamic nuclei/subthalamic nuclus
tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA)
total functional capacity (TFC)
transforming growth factor-ß (TGFß) superfamily
transmissible spongiform encepalopathy
ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS)
Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale (UHDRS)