AHR	Aryl hydrocarbon receptor
AMPA	α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole
ANOVA	Analysis of variance
AOI	Area of interest
BBB	Blood–brain barrier
CNS	Central nervous system
ELISA	Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
GAPDH	Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
GYKI52466	a 2,3-benzodiazepine, which is non-competitive AMPA receptor antagonist
Iba1	Ionized calcium binding adaptor molecule 1
iGluR	Ionotropic glutamate receptor
IL-6	Interleukin-6
KYNA	Kynurenic acid
KP	Kynurenine pathway
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide, endotoxin
mTOR	Mammalian target of rapamycin
mTORC1	Multi-protein complex containing mTOR protein
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhances of activated B cells; protein complex regulating cellular responses
NMDA	N-methyl-D-aspartic acid
PILO	Pilocarpine
RT-PCR	Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
QUIN	Quinolinic acid
SEM	Standard error of the mean
SZR104	N-(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl)-3-(morpholinomethyl)-4-hydroxyquinoline-2-carboxamide
TLR4	Toll-like receptor4
TNFα	Tumor necrosis factor-alpha
TRPA1,4	Transient receptor potential ankyrin 1,4 receptors