ADC	Apparent Diffusion Coefficient
ALF	Acute Liver Failure
AQP4	Aquaporin 4
ASPECTS	Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score
ASTRAL	Antagonizing SUR1-TRPM4 To Reduce the progression of intracerebral Hematoma and edema surrounding Lesions
ATP	Adenosine Triphosphate
BAX	Bcl-Associated X protein
BBB	Blood–Brain Barrier
BSCB	Blood–Spinal Cord Barrier
BTB	Brain–Tumor Barrier
CAMKII	Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II
CCI	Controlled Cortical Impact
CHARM	Ciara in Large Hemispheric Infarction Analyzing Modified Rankin and Mortality
CNS	Central Nervous System
COX2	Cyclooxygenase 2
CSF	Cerebrospinal Fluid
DC	Decompressive Craniectomy
FLAIR	Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery
FPI	Fluid Percussion Injury
FRET	Förster Resonance Energy Transfer
GAIN	Genetic Association in Neurotrauma
GAMES	Glyburide Advantage in Malignant Edema and Stroke
GASH	Glibenclamide in Aneurysmatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
GCS	Glasgow Coma Scale
GFAP	Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
GOS	Glasgow Outcome Scale
HAND	HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder
HIF1α	Hypoxia inducible factor 1α
ICH	Intracerebral Hemorrhage
IFNγ	Interferon-γ
IL-17	Interleukin-17
iNOS	inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase
LHI	Large Hemispheric Infarction
MA	Mithramycin-A
MCAO	Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion
MMP-9	Matrix Metalloproteinase-9
MRI	Magnetic Resonance Imaging
NeuN	Neuronal Nuclear Protein
NF-κB	Nuclear Factor κ- Light-Chain Enhancer of Activated B cells
NO	Nitric Oxide
NOS2	Nitric Oxide Synthase 2
NBS	Nucleotide Binding Site
NIHSS	National Institute of Health Stroke Scale
OBTT	Operation Brain Trauma Therapy
PACAP	Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide
PHN	Progressive Hemorrhagic Necrosis
SAH	Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
SCI	Spinal Cord Injury
SCING	Spinal Cord Injury Neuroprotection with Glyburide
Sp1	Specificity Protein 1
SUR1	Sulfonylurea Receptor 1
TAA	Thioacetamide
TBI	Traumatic Brain Injury
TLR4	Toll-like Receptor 4
tPA	Tissue Plasminogen Activator
TNFα	Tumor Necrosis factor α
TRPM4	Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 4
VISTA	Virtual International Stroke Trial Archive
vWF	Von Willebrand Factor
ZO-1	Zona Occludens 1