ANOVA	Analysis of variance
BBB	Blood brain barrier
CS	Chitosan
CNS	Central nervous system
eNOS	endothelial nitric oxide synthase
iNOS	inducible nitric oxide synthase
IACUC	Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IL-10	interleukin 10
IP	intraperitoneal
KV	Kilo volt
LSD	Least Significant Difference
MDA	Malondialdehyde
NIH	National institute of health
NO	Nitrous oxide
PBS	phosphate buffer solution
PVA	Polyvinyl alcohol
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SCI	Spinal cord injury
S.E.M	standard error of mean
SOD	superoxide dismutase
TCD	tip-to-collector distance
TNF-α	tumor necrosis factor-α