| ASD | Autism Spectrum disorder |
| BBB | Blood-brain-barrier |
| BDNF | Brain derived neurotropic factor |
| CLDN | Claudine |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| ETC | Electron transport chain |
| FMT | Faecal Microbiota transplantation |
| GABA | Gamma-amino-butyric acid |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| GLT2 | Glucose transporter 2 |
| HPA | Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal |
| MIA | Maternal immune activation |
| NADH | Nicotineamide-adenine-dinucleotide |
| NADPH | Nicotineamide-adenine-dinukleotide-phosphate |
| poly(I:C) | Polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SCFAs | Short chain fatty acids |
| SGLT | Sodium dependent glucose transporter 1 |
| spp | species |
| TPP | Thiamine-pyrophosphate |