AIF	Apoptosis-inducing factor
AQP4	Aquaporin-4
ATP	Adenosine triphosphate
Bax	Bcl-2-associated X protein
BBB	Blood–brain barrier
Bcl-2	B-cell lymphoma 2
CNS	Central nervous system
ER/EPR	Endoplasmatic reticulum
GLUT1/-3	Glucose transporters
GPx	Glutathione Peroxidase
GSH	Glutathione
GSSG	Glutathione disulfide
HIF-1α	Hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha
HSP-70/GRP-78	The 70-kilodalton heat shock proteins
ICAM-1	Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1
IL-1	Interleukin 1
IQ-1S	11H-indeno[1,2-b]quinoxalin-11-one oxime sodium salt
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinases
Kir6.2	subunits of mitoK+ATP channels
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein Kinase
miRNA	Micro ribonucleic acid
mitoK+ATP channels	Mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channels
MMP-9	Matrix metalloproteinase-9
NAD+/NADH	Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (oxidized and reduced form)
NCX1/-2/-3	Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (member 1/2/3)
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NHE1	Na-H exchanger isoform 1
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinases
PKR	Protein kinase R
pMSR	Peptide Methionine(R)-S-Oxide Reductase
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
SDF-1	stromal cell-derived factor 1
SOD	Superoxide Dismutase
SUR1/ABCC8	ATP-binding cassette transporter sub-family C member 8
TNFα	Tumor necrosis factor
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor