ACTH	adrenocorticotrophic hormone
AKT	a serine/thronine kinase
ALS	amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
APP	amyloid precursor protein
CD11b	cluster of differentiation molecule 11 B
CNS	central nervous system
EAE	experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
GC/MS	gas chromatography /mass spectrometry
GFAP	glial fibrillary acidic protein
GLAST	glutamate/aspartate transporter
GLT1	glutamate transporter 1
GR	glucocorticoid receptor
GRA	glucocorticoid receptor antagonist
GRE	glucocorticoid response element
HMGB1	high mobility group box 1 protein
HPA	hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis
HSD	11β-hydroxusteroid dehydrogenase
IL18	interleukin 18
IL1β	interleukin 1 beta
IL6	interleukin 6
JNK	c-Jun-N-terminal kinase
MR	mineralocorticoid receptor
MS	multiple sclerosis
MyD88	myeloid differentiation primary response 88
NFκB	nuclear factor kappa B
NLPR3	NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 inflammasome
NMDA	n-metyl-D-aspartate
iNOS	nitric oxide synthase
PVN	paraventricular nucleus
SOD1	superoxide dismutase 1
TDP43	transactive response DNA-binding protein 42
TLR4	toll-like receptor 4
TNFR	tumor necrosis factor receptor
TNFα	tumor necrosis factor alpha
Vps54	vesicular vacuolar protein sorting 54