| Ac-YVAD-cmk | Acetyl-Tyr-Val-Ala-Asp chloromethyl ketone |
| AIM2 | Absent in melanoma 2 |
| AIS | American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale |
| ASC | Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase activation and recruitment domain |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| BBB | Blood–brain barrier |
| BSCB | Blood–spinal cord barrier |
| C1q | Complement component 1q |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| DAMP | Damage-associated molecular pattern |
| ESCRT | Endosomal sorting complex required for transport |
| ESCRT-III | Endosomal sorting complex required for transport III |
| GFAP | Glial fibrillary acidic protein |
| GSDMD | Gasdermin D |
| HMGB1 | High-mobility group box 1 |
| ICE | Interleukin-1β-converting enzyme |
| IL | Interleukin |
| IL-1R | Interleukin-1 receptor |
| LDH | Lactate dehydrogenase |
| MAP2 | Microtubule-associated protein 2 |
| MAVS | Mitochondrial antiviral-signaling protein |
| MBP | Myelin basic protein |
| MDP | Muramyl dipeptide |
| mRNA | Messenger RNA |
| NEK7 | NIMA-related kinase 7 |
| NF-H | Neurofilament heavy chain |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor kappa B |
| NfL | Neurofilament light chain |
| N-GSDMD | N-terminal gasdermin D fragment |
| NINJ1 | Nerve injury-induced protein 1 |
| NLRP1 | NLR family pyrin domain containing 1 |
| NLRP3 | NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 |
| NOD2 | Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 |
| NSE | Neuron-specific enolase |
| PAMP | Pathogen-associated molecular pattern |
| PEA15 | Phosphoprotein enriched in astrocytes 15 |
| PMNL | Polymorphonuclear leukocyte |
| PMR | Plasma-membrane rupture |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| S100B | S100 calcium-binding protein B |
| SBDP | αII-spectrin breakdown product |
| SCI | Spinal cord injury |
| TLR | Toll-like receptor |
| TNF | Tumor necrosis factor |
| TNFR | Tumor necrosis factor receptor |
| TPI1 | Triosephosphate isomerase 1 |
| TUNEL | Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling |
| UCH-L1 | Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 |
| XIAP | X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein |