5HT	serotonin
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
AGO2	argonaute-2
ALS	amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Aβ	Amyloid-β peptide
Bcl-2	B-cell lymphoma 2
bFGF	basic fibroblast growth factor
BM	brain metastases
Ca	Calcium
CapZ	CapZ: capping protein Z;
CI	craniocerebral injury
circRNA	circular RNA
CoxII	cytochrome c oxidase subunit II
DKK-1	Dickopff-1
EpRE	electrophile responsive elements
ERK1	mitogen-activated protein kinase 3
ERK2	mitogen-activated protein kinase 1
FGFR1	basic fibroblast growth factor receptor 1
GFAP	glial fibrillary acidic proteins
GSK3β	glycogen synthase kinase 3β
Hdm	human homolog of murine double minute 2
HIE	hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy
HSP90	heat shock protein 90
IF	intermediate filament
IL-1β	interleukin-1β
IL-13	interleukin-13
IL-4	interleukin-4
IFN-y	interferon gamma
iNOS	inducible nitric oxide synthase
IS	ischemic shock
JAK2	Janus kinase 2
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinase
lncRNA	long noncoding RNA
MCAO	middle cerebral artery occlusion
MEK	mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases
miRNAs, miR-	microRNAs
MN	motor neuron
mSOD1	mutant superoxide dismutase 1
NDR	nuclear dbf2-related
NF-κB	nuclear factor κB
NO	nitric oxide
NRF2	nuclear factor erythroid 2 related factor 2
NSCLC	non-small-cell lung cancer
NSE	neuron-specific enolase
OGD/R	oxygen and glucose deprivation/reoxygenation
p53	tumor protein p53
PD	Parkinson’s disease
PKCα	protein kinase Cα
POLII	RNA polymerase II
pri-miRNA	primary miRNA
p-tau	hyperphosphorylated tau
RAGE/AGER	receptor for advanced glycation end product
RISC	RNA-induced silencing complex;
ROS	reactive oxygen species
ROS-GC1	rod outer segment membrane guanylate cyclase type 1
RSK1	ribosomal protein S6 kinase α-1
S100β	S100 calcium-binding protein B
SOD1	superoxide dismutase 1
STAT3	signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
tau	microtubule-associated protein tau
TBI	traumatic brain injury
TNF-α	tumor necrosis factor α
TRAX	translin associated factor X
UCH-L1	ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor
VS	vinyl sulfone
XIST	X-inactive specific transcript
Zn	Zinc