| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| APC | Article processing charge |
| ASM | Antiseizure medication |
| BBB | Blood–brain barrier |
| BCA | Bicinchoninic acid |
| BDC | Biodiagnostic Center |
| BDNF | Brain-derived neurotrophic factor |
| BHT | Butylated hydroxytoluene |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| CS | Chitosan |
| DCF | Dichlorofluorescein |
| DCFH-DA | 2′,7′-Dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate |
| DCM | Dichloromethane |
| DEVD-pNA | Asp-Glu-Val-Asp-p-nitroanilide |
| DI | Discrimination index |
| DLS | Dynamic light scattering |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DL% | Drug loading |
| DTT | Dithiothreitol |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| EE% | Encapsulation efficiency |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| EPM | Elevated-plus maze |
| FDA | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| FTIR | Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy |
| GABA | Gamma-aminobutyric acid |
| GABAA | Gamma-aminobutyric acid type A |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GFAP | Glial fibrillary acidic protein |
| GSH | Glutathione |
| HO-1 | Heme oxygenase-1 |
| IACUC | Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee |
| Iba1 | Ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1 |
| iNOS | Inducible nitric oxide synthase |
| IL-1β | Interleukin-1 beta |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| KBr | Potassium bromide |
| LC-MS/MS | Liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| MAPKs | Mitogen-activated protein kinases |
| MDA | Malondialdehyde |
| mTORC1 | Mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor kappa B |
| nNOS | Neuronal nitric oxide synthase |
| NO | Nitric oxide |
| NOR | Novel object recognition |
| NPs | Nanoparticles |
| Nrf2 | Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 |
| OFT | Open-field test |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PDI | Polydispersity index |
| PI3K/Akt | Phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B |
| PKA | Protein kinase A |
| PLGA | Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) |
| PTZ | Pentylenetetrazol |
| PVA | Polyvinyl alcohol |
| qRT-PCR | Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction |
| RFU | Relative fluorescence units |
| RIPA | Radioimmunoprecipitation assay |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| SPSS | Statistical Package for the Social Sciences |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor-alpha |
| UV–Vis | Ultraviolet–visible |
| WST-1 | Water-soluble tetrazolium salt-1 |
| cDNA | Complementary DNA |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DNase | Deoxyribonuclease |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| MW | Molecular weight |
| MWCO | Molecular weight cut-off |
| R2 | Coefficient of determination |
| Ct | Cycle threshold |
| OD | Optical density |
| rpm | Revolutions per minute |
| GenAI | Generative artificial intelligence |
| CC BY | Creative Commons Attribution |
| TNFR-1 | Tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 |
| RIPK1 | Receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 |
| MLKL | Mixed lineage kinase domain-like protein |
| PGAM5 | Phosphoglycerate mutase family member 5 |
| Drp-1 | Dynamin-related protein 1 |
| JAK2 | Janus kinase 2 |
| STAT3 | Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 |
| ARE | Antioxidant response element |
| Keap-1 | Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 |
| Nox-2 | NADPH oxidase 2 |
| Na+/K+-ATPase | Sodium–potassium adenosine triphosphatase |