| DALYs | Disability-adjusted life years |
| MR | Magnetic resonance |
| DW | Diffusion-weighted |
| PW | Perfusion-weighted |
| CT | Computed tomography |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| rt-PA | Recombinate tissue plasminogen activator |
| NIHSS | NIH stroke scale |
| ICA | Internal carotid artery |
| MCA | Middle cerebral artery |
| LVO | Large vessel occlusion |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| NMDA | N-methyl-D-aspartate |
| PSD | Postsynaptic density |
| MAGUK | Membrane-associated guanylate-kinase |
| nNOS | Neuronal nitric oxide synthase |
| NO | Nitric oxide |
| O− | Superoxide |
| ONOO− | Peroxynitrite |
| TAT | Transactivator of transcription |
| MCAO | Middle cerebral artery occlusion |
| FLAIR | Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery MR imaging |
| MT | Metallothionine |
| SNARE | SNAP receptor |
| ER-PM | Endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane |
| VAP | VAMP-associated protein |