| Abbreviations | Definition |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| DAMPs | Disease-associated molecular patterns |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| UTP | Uridine triphosphate |
| GPCRs | G protein-coupled receptors |
| IP3 | Inositol trisphosphate |
| Il-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharides |
| Rac-1 | Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 |
| AKT | Protein kinase B |
| PC-PLC | Phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C |
| PKC | Protein kinase C |
| tMCAO | Transient middle cerebral artery occlusion |
| Iba1 | Ionized calcium-binding adaptor-1 |
| Aβ | Amyloid-Beta |
| SNpc | Substantia nigra pars compacta |
| NP | Neuropathic pain |
| CCI | Chronic constriction injury |
| IHC | Immunohistochemistry |
| PAMPs | Pathogen associated molecular patterns |
| TLRs | Toll-like receptors |
| ADP | Adenosine diphosphate |
| UDP | Uridine diphosphate |
| PLC | Phospholipase C |
| IL-1 | Interleukin-1 |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor |
| TGF-β | Transforming growth factor-beta |
| M-CSF | Macrophage colony-stimulating factor |
| CMML | Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia |
| PI-PLC | Phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C |
| ERK | Extracellular signal-regulated kinases |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| TUNEL | Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| MLCK | Myosin light chain kinase |
| SD | Sprague–Dawley |
| WB | Western blot |
| NMDG1 | N-methyl-D-glucamine-1 |