Abbreviation	Full form
BBB	blood-brain barrier
BDNF	brain-derived neurotrophic factor
BM	bone marrow
BM-MSCs	bone marrow-derived MSCs
BW	bodyweight
CCA	common carotid artery
CNS	central nervous system
ECFCs	endothelial colony-forming cells
EPCs	endothelial progenitor cells
HGF	hepatocyte growth factor
HI	hypoxic-ischemic
HIE	hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
hpi/dpi/wpi	hours/days/weeks post insult
HSCs	hematopoietic stem cells
IA	intra-arterial
IC	intracardiac
ICV	intraventricular
IN	intranasal
IP	intraperitoneal
IT	intrathecal
IV	intravenous
IVH	intraventricular hemorrhage
MCAO	middle cerebral artery occlusion
MNC	UCB mononuclear fraction
MSCs	mesenchymal stem/stromal cells
NSCs	neuronal stem cells
P	postnatal day
PD	placenta-derived
PD-MSCs	placenta-derived MSCs
PWMD	periventricular white matter damage
RV	Rice–Vannucci
SC	subcutaneous
SCT	stem cell therapy
SVZ	subventricular zone
TH	therapeutic hypothermia
Treg	regulatory T-cells
UCB	umbilical cord blood
UCB cells	human umbilical cord blood cells (mononuclear fraction)
UCB-MSCs	umbilical cord blood-derived MSCs
UCO	umbilical cord occlusion
UCT	umbilical cord tissue
UCT-MSCs	umbilical cord tissue-derived MSCs
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor