| 20-COOH-HETE | 20-carboxy-eicosatetraenoic acid |
| 20-HETE | 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid |
| 5-HT | serotonin |
| GWAS | Genome-wide association study |
| AA | arachidonic acid |
| ACE | angiotensin-converting enzyme |
| ACI | acute cerebral ischemia |
| ADH | alcohol dehydrogenase |
| Af-art | afferent arteriole |
| ANG II | angiotensin II |
| AT1 | angiotensin II receptor 1 |
| BBB | blood-brain barrier |
| BK | blocking calcium-activated potassium channel |
| CADASIL | cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy |
| CARASIL | cerebral autosomal-recessive arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy |
| COX | cyclooxygenase |
| COX2 | cyclooxygenase-2 |
| CSD | cortical spreading depolarization |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| CSI | cortical spreading ischemia |
| DCI | delayed cerebral ischemia |
| EETs | epoxyeicosatrienoic acids |
| EPC | endothelial progenitor cells |
| FAA | free fatty acids |
| FGF2 | fibroblast growth factor 2 |
| KO | knock out |
| LOX | lipoxygenase |
| MAPKs | mitogen-activated protein kinases |
| MCAo | middle cerebral artery occlusion |
| ND | neurological dysfunction |
| NHE3 | sodium-hydrogen exchanger 3 |
| NKCC2 | Na-K-Cl cotransporter |
| NO | nitric oxide |
| PKC | protein kinase C |
| PLA2 | phospholipase A2 |
| PT | proximal tubule |
| RAAS | renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system |
| ROMK2 | renal outer medullary potassium channel 2 |
| SAH | subarachnoid hemorrhage |
| SHR | spontaneously hypertensive rat |
| SNP | single nucleotide polymorphisms |
| SS | salt sensitive |
| TALH | thick ascending loop of Henle |
| TBI | traumatic brain injury |
| TGF | tubuloglomerular feedback responses |
| TRPC6 | transient receptor potential cation channel 6 |
| TRPV1 | transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 |
| UGT | uridine 5’-diphosphoglucuronosyltransferase |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
| VSMC | vascular smooth muscle cell |
| WT | wild type |