| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| TBI | traumatic brain injury |
| PrPC | cellular prion protein |
| STM | short-term memory |
| ICAM-1 | intercellular adhesion molecule-1 |
| IL-6 | interleukin 6 |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| Fg | fibrinogen |
| m-mTBI | mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury |
| TNFα | Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha |
| IFNγ | interferon gamma |
| PLA | proximity ligation assay |
| IgG | Immunoglobulin G |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| qRT-PCR | quantitative real-time PCR |
| TBHP | tert-butyl hydroperoxide |
| MS | multiple sclerosis |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| NAPDH | dinucleotide phosphate oxidase |
| EthD-1 | ethidium homodimer-1 |
| AOI | area of interests |
| ANOVA | analysis of variance |