| TBI | traumatic brain injury |
| STM | short-term memory |
| ICAM-1 | intercellular adhesion molecule-1 |
| PrPC | cellular prion protein |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| NO | nitric oxide |
| Fg | fibrinogen |
| BBB | blood-brain barrier |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| PLA | proximity ligation assay |
| HFg | Hyperfibrinogenemia |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| IL-10 | interleukin 10 |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| TBHP | tert-butyl hydroperoxide |
| IFNγ | Interferon gamma |
| Aβ | amyloid-beta |
| NAPDH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| SFM | serum free medium |
| TUNEL | terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-dUTP nick end labeling |
| MAP2 | Microtubule-associated protein 2 |
| BSA | bovine serum albumin |