| BBB | Blood-brain barrier |
| CCL | capacitance |
| cEND | brain microvascular endothelial cells |
| Cldn5 | claudin 5 |
| DHM | digital holographic microscopy |
| ECM | endothelial cell medium |
| IK | incubation buffer |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| TEER | transendothelial electric resistance |
| TRITC | tetramethylrhodamine |
| SIFM | structured illumination fluorescence microscopy |
| ZO-1 | zonula occludens 1 |