| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| VaD | vascular dementia |
| DOCA | deoxycorticosterone acetate |
| MWM | Morris water maze |
| BP | blood pressure |
| ACE | angiotensin-converting enzyme |
| CAP | captopril |
| HHL | hippuryl-l-histidyl-l-leucine |
| FAPGG | N-[3-(2-furyl) acryloyl]-l-phenylalanylglycyl-glycine |
| AsA | l-ascorbic acid |
| MTT | 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| DMSO | dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DPPH | α,α-diphenyl-β-picrylhydrazyl |
| NGF | nerve growth factor |
| SBP | systolic blood pressure |
| DBP | diastolic blood pressure |
| TBARS | thiobarbituric acid reactive substance |
| NO | nitrous oxide |