| BWG | Body weight gain |
| Butox | Butoxamine hydrochloride |
| cAMP | Cyclic adenosine monophosphate |
| CORT | Corticosterone |
| CRH | Corticotropin-releasing hormone |
| HBSS | D’Hanks balanced saline solution |
| DAB | Diaminobenzidine |
| ESCs | Endometrial stromal cells |
| EPI | Epinephrine |
| FOXO | Forkhead transcription factor class O |
| For | Formoterol hemifumarate |
| GSH-Px | Glutathione peroxidase |
| GnRH | Gonadotropin releasing hormone |
| HRP | Horseradish peroxidase |
| HPA | Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal |
| HPG | Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal |
| IκB | Inhibitor of NF-κB |
| InsRes | Insulin resistance |
| IOD | Integral optical density |
| IL-18 | Interleukin 18 |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| IL-8 | Interleukin 8 |
| IL-1β | Interleukin -1 beta |
| IUGR | Intrauterine growth restriction |
| ISO | Isoproterenol |
| MDA | Malondialdehyde |
| NE | Norepinephrin |
| NP1 | Non-pregnancy Day 1 |
| NP5 | Non-pregnancy Day 5 |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor-kappa B |
| E2 | Oestradiol |
| ANOVA | One-way analysis of variance |
| GSSG | Oxidized glutathione disulphide |
| P1 | Pregnancy Day 1 |
| P10 | Pregnancy Day 10 |
| P15 | Pregnancy Day 15 |
| P20 | Pregnancy Day 20 |
| P11 | Pregnancy Day 11 |
| P16 | Pregnancy Day 16 |
| P5 | Pregnancy Day 5 |
| P6 | Pregnancy Day 6 |
| PI3K-AKT | Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-serine/threonine kinase |
| Pomc | Pro-opiomelanocortin |
| PDTC | Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate ammonium |
| qRT-PCR | Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RT-PCR | Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction |
| STAT3 | Signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 |
| siRNA | Small interfering RNA |
| SAS | Sympathetic-adrenal medullary system |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SEM | Standard error of mean |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor-alpha |
| T-AOC | Total antioxidant capacity |
| T-SOD | Total superoxide dismutase |
| uNK | Uterus natural killer cell |
| β2-AR | β2-adrenergic receptor |