| IE | Ischemic encephalopathy |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| MiR-124 | MicroRNA-124 |
| BBB | Blood-brain barrier |
| MiRNAs | MicroRNAs |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| CIRI | Cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury |
| VSNL-1 | Visinin-like protein-1 |
| CDK4 | Cyclin-dependent kinase family 4 |
| Sox9 | SRY-box transcription factor |
| OGD | Oxygen and glucose deprivation |
| JAG1 | Jagged-1 |
| REST | RE1-silencing transcription factor |
| Usp14 | Ubiquitin specific peptidase 14 |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| mTOR | Mammalian target of rapamycin |
| PKB/AKT | Protein kinase B |
| GAP-43 | Growth associated protein-43 |
| TNF-α | Necrosis factor-α |
| IL-10 | Interleukin -10 |
| C/EBP-α | CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha |
| Bcl-2 | B-cell Lymphoma-2 |
| iASPP | Inhibitory member of the apoptosis-stimulating proteins of p53 family |
| Bcl-xl | B-cell lymphoma-extra large |
| I/R | Ischemia/reperfusion |
| JAK2 | Janus tyrosine kinase 2 |
| STAT3 | Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 |
| Ku70 | X-ray repair cross-complementing protein 6 |
| GLT1 | Glutamate transporter 1 |
| Aβ | β-amyloid |
| NFTs | Neurofibrillary tangles |
| BACE1 | Beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme1 |
| GSK3β | Glycogen synthase kinase 3β |
| RFX1 | Regulatory factor X1 |
| ApoE | Apolipoprotein E |
| CREB | cAMP-response element-binding protein |
| BDNF | Brain-derived neurotrophic factor |
| PTPN1 | Tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 1 |
| SNpc | Substantia nigra pars compacta |
| MPTP | 1-methyl-4-pheny-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine |
| MPP | Methyl phenyl pyridinium |
| AMPK | Adenosine 5’-monophosphate-activated protein kinase |
| ANAX5 | Annexin 5 |
| ERK | Extracellular regulated protein kinases |
| Casp-3 | Caspase-3 |
| MALAT1 | Metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 |
| MEKK3 | Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 3 |
| p62 | Sequestosome 1 |
| p-p38 | Phosphor-p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| CRE | cAMP-response element |
| NRSF | Neuron restrictive silencer factor |