Akt	Protein kinase B
AMPAR	Alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor
BDNF	Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
CCI	Chronic Constriction Injury
CCL/CCR	C-C motif chemokine ligand and C-C chemokine receptor
COX-2	Cyclooxygenase-2
CSF1/CSF1R	Colony-stimulating factor 1 and colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor
DAP12	DNAX-activating protein of 12 kDa
EA	Electroacupuncture
FKN	Fractalkine
GABA/GABAᴀ	γ-aminobutyric acid and γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptor
GFAP	Glial fibrillary acidic protein
GLP-1/GLP-1R	Glucagon-like peptide-1 and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor
GRK2	G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2
HMGB1	High mobility group box 1
HSPs	Heat shock proteins
IASP	International Association for the Study of Pain
Iba1	Ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1
IL-1β/IL-6/IL-10/IL-18	Interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, interleukin-10, and interleukin-18
iNOS	Inducible nitric oxide synthase
IRF8	Interferon Regulatory Factor 8
KCC2	Potassium-chloride cotransporter 2
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MiR-124	MicroRNA-124
MyD88	Myeloid differentiation primary response 88
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa B
NLRP3	NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain containing 3
NMDA	N-methyl-D-aspartate
NO	Nitric oxide
NP	Neuropathic pain
P2X4R/P2X7R/P2Y12R	P2X4, P2X7, and P2Y12 purinergic receptors
PD-1/PD-L1	Programmed cell death protein 1 and programmed death-ligand 1
ROS	Reactive Oxygen Species
SDH	Spinal Dorsal Horn
sEPSCs	Spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents
SNI	Spared Nerve Injury
SNL	Spinal Nerve Ligation
TLR4	Toll-like receptor 4
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor-α
TREM2	Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2
α7nAChR	Alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor