| ACh | acetyl choline |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| AGES | Advanced glycation end products |
| AlCl3 | Aluminium chloride |
| Aβ42 | Amyloid beta 42 |
| BCA | Bicinchoninic acid assay |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| CA1–4 | Connus ammonis 1–4 |
| ChEIs | Cholinesterase inhibitors |
| CV | Cresyl Violet Acetate |
| DG | Dentate gyrus |
| d-gal | d-galactose |
| DONE | Donepezil |
| DW | Distilled water |
| EC | Endocannabinoid system |
| GFAP | Glial Fibrillary Acid Protein |
| GP | Group |
| GSH | Glutathione |
| HRP | Horseradish peroxidase |
| H2O2 | Hydrogen peroxide |
| IACUC | Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee |
| MDA | Malonaldehyde |
| MWM | Morris Water Maze |
| n | Number of rats per group |
| NMDA | N-methyl-d-aspartate |
| NO | Nitric oxide |
| NS | Normal saline |
| OD | Optical density |
| OH | Hydroxyl radical |
| ONOO– | Peroxynitrite |
| RIPA | Radioimmunoprecipitatation assay |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SEM | Standard error of mean |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| USFDA | United States Food and Drugs Administration |
| T-GSH | Total glutathione |
| THC | Tetrahydrocannabinol |
| WIN | WIN55,212-2 |