| ACADS | acyl-CoA dehydrogenase short chain |
| ACC | anterior cingulate cortex |
| ACTH | adrenocorticotropic hormone |
| ANOSIM | analysis of similarities |
| ASD | autism spectrum disorder |
| ASV | amplicon sequence variant |
| BBB | blood–brain barrier |
| BDNF | brain-derived neurotrophic factor |
| CA1 | Cornu ammonis 1 (hippocampus) |
| CD68 | Cluster of differentiation 68 |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CORT | corticosterone |
| CP | cerebral palsy |
| DeCS | Health Science Descriptors |
| DEGs | differentially expressed genes |
| DOHaD | developmental origins of health and disease |
| DTI | Diffusion Tensor Imaging |
| ELBI | Early-life brain injury |
| FA | Fractional anisotropy |
| GBA | Gut–brain axis |
| GFAP | Glial fibrillary acidic protein |
| GSEA | gene set enrichment analysis |
| H3K9cr | Histone H3 lysine 9 crotonylation |
| H3K18cr | Histone H3 lysine 18 crotonylation |
| HI | Hypoxia–ischemia |
| HPA | Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal |
| Iba+ | Ionized calcium-binding adaptor molecule |
| IFN-γ | Interferon gama |
| IL | Interleukin |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| LC-MS | Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| MBP | Myelin basic protein |
| MD | mean diffusivity |
| MeSH | Medical Subject Headings |
| MIA | Maternal immune activation |
| MyD88 | Myeloid differentiation primary response 88 |
| ND | Neodimium |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| NMDS | Nonmetric multidimensional scaling |
| OTU | Operational Taxonomic Unit |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| PCoA | Principal coordinates analysis |
| PLS-DA | Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis |
| PolyIC | polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| qPCR | Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| SCFA | short-chain fatty acids |
| Seq | sequencing plataform |
| TBI | traumatic brain injury |
| Th | T helper |
| TLR | Tool-like receptors |
| TMEM119 | Transmembrane protein 119 |
| TNF-α | tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| Tph2+ | Tryptophan hydroxylase 2 |
| TREM2 | Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells 2 |
| TUNEL | Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase-Mediated dUTP Nick End Labeling |
| VPA | valproic acid |
| ZO-1 | Zonula occludens-1 |