AQP4	aquaporin 4
ATP	adenosine triphosphate
BAX	Bcl-associated X protein
BBB	blood brain barrier
CAMKII	calmodulin dependent protein kinase-II
CCI	controlled cortical impact
CNS	central nervous system
CSF	cerebrospinal fluid
CT	computed tomography
DAI	diffuse axonal injury
FPI	fluid percussion injury
FRET	Förster resonance energy transfer
GCS	Glasgow Coma Scale
GFAP	glial fibrillary acidic protein
GLI	glibenclamide
GOS	Glasgow Outcome Scale
IMPACT	International Mission for Prognosis and Clinical Trial design in TBI
LHI	large hemispheric infarction
MMP-9	matrix metalloproteinase-9
MRI	magnetic resonance imaging
NFAT	nuclear factor of activated T-cells
NO	nitric oxide
NOS2	nitric oxide synthase-2
OBTT	operation brain trauma therapy
PAR1	protease activated receptor 1
SAH	subarachnoid hemorrhage
SCI	spinal cord injury
Sp1	specificity protein 1
SUR1	Sulfonylurea receptor 1
TBI	traumatic brain injury
TLR4	toll like receptor 4
tPA	tissue plasminogen activator
TRPM4	transient receptor potential melastatin 4
SUR1±TRPM4	SUR1 with or without TRPM4
TUNEL	terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling
TXA	tranexamic acid
UCHL1	ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase-L1
ZO-1	zona occludens 1