ADP	Adenosine diphosphate
AIF	Apoptosis-Inducing Factor
AMPA	α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid
AS	Asphyxia-exposed rat
ATP	Adenosine triphosphate
BRCT	breast cancer tumors
BER	base excision repair
Bcl-2	B-cell lymphoma 2
Bnip3	Bcl-2/adenovirus E1B 19kDa interacting protein 3
CLPFFD	peptide Cys-Leu-Pro-Phe-Phe-Asp
CNS	central nervous system
CS	cesarean-delivery control rat
D145	1-amino-3,5-dimethyladamantane
DBD	DNA-binding domain
DFX	deferoxamine
DNA	deoxyribonucleic acid
ERCC2	Excision Repair Cross-Complementing Rodent Repair Group 2GluN2B,
FRAP	Potassium Ferricyanide Reducing Assay GSH, reduced glutathione
G6PGH	glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
GFAP	Glial fibrillary acidic protein
GLAST (EAAT1)	glutamate transporters glutamate-aspartate transporter (excitatory amino acid transporter 1)
GLT-1 (EAAT2)	glutamate transporter-1 (excitatory amino acid transporter 2)
GluR2	glutamate receptor 2
GPx	glutathione peroxidase
GR	Glutathione Reductase
GSSG	oxidized glutathione
H2O2	Hydrogen peroxide
HIF-1α	Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1alpha
HK2	hexokinase 2
HREs	hypoxia-responsive elements
Iba-1	Ionized calcium-binding adaptor molecule 1
i.c.v.	intra-cerebro-ventricular
IFN-γ	Interferon-γ
IL	interleukin
MAP-2	microtubule-associated protein 2
MBP	myelin basic protein
MOMP	outer membrane of the mitochondria
MSC	Mesenchymal Stem Cells
MSC-S	Mesenchymal Stem Cell Secretomes
NAD+	nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NADP+	nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NADPH	reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
Nix	NIP3-like protein X
NLD	nuclear localization signaling domain
NMDARs	N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors
nNOS	neuronal nitric oxide synthase
NO	nitric oxide
Noxa	Phorbol 12-myristate-13-acetate-induced protein 1
NQO1	NADPH quinone oxidoreductase 1
Nrf2	nuclear erythroid-related factor 2
OL	oligodendrocyte
Olig-1	oligodendroglial lineage-associated transcription factors-1
P	postnatal day
p53	cellular tumor antigen p53
PA	perinatal asphyxia
pADPr	poly(ADP-ribosyl)
PARPs	poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases
PDGF	platelet-derived growth factor
PFK1	phosphofructokinase 1
PPP	pentose phosphate pathway
PTP	permeability transition pore
pVHL	von Hippel-Lindau tumor-suppressing factor RNS.1. reactive nitrogen species
ROS	reactive oxygen species
RT-qPCR	Quantitative reverse transcription PCR
SCAP	SREBP cleavage-activating protein
Smac/Diablo	Second mitochondria-derived activator of caspase protein/Direct Inhibitor of Apoptosis-Binding protein with Low isoelectric point
SREBP	sterol regulatory element binding protein
SSSs	small sharp spikes
TGF-β1	Transforming growth factor beta 1
TH	tyrosine hydroxylase
TIGAR	Tp53-inducible glycolysis and apoptosis regulator
TNFα	Tumor necrosis factor alpha
TUNEL	Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling
XRCC1	X-ray Cross complementing Factor 1
ΔΔCT method	Comparative CT (threshold cycles) method