| AALAC | Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care |
| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| AUD | Alcohol Use Disorder |
| BBB | Blood Brain Barrier |
| BEC | Blood Ethanol Concentration |
| BDNF | Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor |
| CA | Cornu Amonis |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| Con | Control |
| CR3 | Complement Receptor 3 |
| DG | Dentate Gyrus |
| ELISA | Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay |
| EtOH | Ethanol |
| Iba-1 | Ionized calcium-Binding Adapter molecule 1 |
| IL-10 | InterLeukin-10 |
| ip | Intraperitoneal |
| TBS | Tris-Buffered Saline |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha |