| PD | parkinson’s disease |
| DA | dopamine |
| 6-OHDA | 6-Hydroxydopamine hydrobromide |
| ERK | extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase |
| JNK | c-jun N-terminal kinase |
| NB | neuroblastoma |
| MDA | malondialdehyde |
| NO | nitric oxide |
| Glu | glutamic acid |
| NMDA | N-Methyl-d-aspartic acid |
| APP | amyloid Precursor Protein |
| Aβ1-40 | amyloid β-Protein (1-40) |
| Aβ25-35 | amyloid β-Protein (25-35) |
| Bcl-2 | B-cell lymphoma-2 |
| Bax | Bcl-2-associated X |
| AChE | Acetylcholinesterase |
| ChAT | Choline acetyltransferase |
| ACh | Acetylcholine |
| SY | synaptophysin |
| ICH | intracerebral hemorrhage |
| TLR4 | toll-like Receptor 4 |
| NF-κB | nuclear factor kappa-B |
| SD | Sleep deprivation |
| HPA | hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal |
| HPG | hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal |
| MyD88 | myeloiddifferentiationfactor88 |
| PI3K | Phosphatidylinositide 3-kinases |
| Akt | Protein kinase B |
| VD | Vascular dementia |
| CICR | cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury |
| HSP70 | heat shock protein 70 |
| P53 | recombinant Tumor Protein |
| OGD/R | Oxygen glucose stripping/Reperfusion |
| CCI | chronic constric-tion injury |
| BDNF | brain-derived neurotrophic factor |
| TrkB | Tyrosine Kinase receptor B |
| shRNA | short hairpin RNA |
| PTSD | Post-traumatic stress disorder |
| SPS | single-long stress |
| EPMT | elevated plus maze test |
| 5-HT | 5-hydroxytryptamine |
| 5-HIAA | 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid |
| CRH | corticotropin releasing hormone |
| Cort | corticosterone |
| ACTH | adrenocorticotropic hormone |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| CN | Calcineurin |
| NFAT | Nuclear factor activating T cells |
| SP | Schizophrenia |
| CCI | Cardio-cerebral infarction |
| p-IκBα | phospho-IκBα |