AIF	apoptosis induction factor
Akt	protein kinase B or PKB
A-HT	asphyxia-hypothermia
A-NT	asphyxia-normothermia
BDNF	brain-derived neurotrophic factor
C-NT	control-normothermia
COX-2	cyclooxygenase-2
CREB	cAMP response element binding protein
Ct	threshold cycles
DEPC	diethyl pyrocarbonate
DNA	deoxyribonucleic acid
ECG	electrocardiogram
EEG	electroencephalogram
ERK	extracellular signal-regulated kinase
FFT	fast Fourier transform
GAPDH	glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase
HI	hypoxia/ischemia
HIE	hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
HR	heart rate
InstSpEnt	instantaneous spectral entropy
MABP	mean arterial blood pressure
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
mRNA	messenger ribonucleic acid
PI-3-K	phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase
PPIA	peptidylprolyl isomerase A or cyclophilin A
PSD	power spectral density
qPCR	quantitative polymerase chain reaction
RNA	ribonucleic acid
RR	respiration rate
SpEnt	spectral entropy
TH	therapeutic hypothermia
TrkB	tyrosine kinase B
VEP	visual evoked potential