β-NGF	Nerve growth factor β
Aβ	Amyloid β
AMPA	α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid
AMPAR	AMPA receptors
AP5	2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoate
AQP4	Aquaporin-4
ArchT	Archaerhodopsin proton pump
BMP-4	Bone morphogenetic protein 4
CAPON	Carboxyl-terminal PDZ ligand of nNOS
Cdk5	Cyclin-dependent kinase-5
CNQX	6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione
CNS	Central nervous system
EGFP	Enhanced green fluorescence protein
EPSC	Excitatory postsynaptic currents
ER	Endoplasmic reticulum
FACS	Fluorescence-activated cell sorting
GDNF	Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor
Glu	Glutamate
GluN	Subunit of NMDAR
Gly	Glycine
GS	Glutamine synthetase
GSH	Glutathione
IGF-1	Insulin-like growth factor 1
iGluR	Ionotropic glutamate receptors
IL-1β	Interleukin-1β
KA	Kainic acid
KAR	KA receptors
KAT II	Kynurenine transferase II
KYNA	Kynurenic acid
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
LTD	Long-term depression
L-VGCC	L-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channels
MCAo	Middle cerebral artery occlusion
mGluR	Metabotropic glutamate receptors
NMDA	N-methyl-d-aspartate
NMDAR	NMDA receptor
NMDARs	NMDA receptors
nNOS	Neuronal nitric oxide synthase
NO	Nitric oxide
NOS1	Nitric oxide synthase 1
Nrf2	Nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor-2
OGD	Oxygen-glucose deprivation
PSD95	Postsynaptic density protein 95
QUIN	Quinolinic acid
TBOA	dl-threo-β-benzyloxyaspartate
TCA	Tricarboxylic acid
TTX	Tetradotoxin