AD	Alzheimer’s disease
ALS	amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
BBB	blood brain barrier
BBG	Brilliant Blue G
Bz-ATP	Dibenzoyl-ATP
DAMPs	danger-associated molecular patterns
EGFP	enhanced green fluorescence protein
GFAP	glial fibrillary acidic protein
i.c.v.	intracerebroventricular
IL-1β	interleukin-1β
IR	immunoreactivity
KO	knockout
LPS	lipopolysaccharide
MCAO	medial cerebral artery occlusion
MS	multiple sclerosis
NADPH	nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NLRP3	nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat pyrin domain containing 3
NTPDases	ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolases
OGD	oxygen-glucose deficiency
oxATP	oxidized ATP
PAMPs	pathogen-associated molecules
Panx-1	pannexin-1
PD	Parkinson’s disease
R	receptor
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SE	status epilepticus
SOD-1	superoxide dismutase 1
Tg	transgenic
TLR	toll-like receptor
TNF-α	tumor necrosis factor-α
TUNEL	terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling
α,β-meATP	α,β-methylene ATP