| ARE | Anti-oxidative response elements |
| ChIP | Chromatin immunoprecipitation |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| GABA | Gamma-aminobutyric acid |
| Gcl | Glutamate-cysteine ligase |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| Gclc | Glutamate-cysteine ligase catalytic subunit |
| Gclm | Glutamate-cysteine ligase regulatory subunit |
| HO-1 | Heme-oxygenase 1 |
| Keap1 | Kelch like-ECH-associated protein 1 |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MEK 1/2 | Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase |
| NQO1 | NAD(P)H quinone dehydrogenase |
| Nrf2 | Nuclear factor erythroid-related 2-like 2 |
| ONS | Oxidative/nitrosative stress |
| OS | Oxidative stress |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| pSp1 | Phosphorylated specificity protein 1 |
| RONS | Reactive oxygen-nitrogen species |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RT | Room temperature |
| SN1 | SNAT3, solute carrier family 38 member 3 |
| Sp1 | Specificity protein 1 |
| TCA | Tricarboxylic acid |
| WT | Wild-type |