| ADP | Adenosine Diphosphate |
| BM | Brain Mitochondria |
| BSA | Bovine Serum Albumin |
| CA | Cardiac arrest |
| CAC | Citric acid cycle |
| CRC | Ca2+ retention capacity |
| FET | Forward electron transport |
| Glu MP | Glutamate Malate Pyruvate |
| HM | Heart Mitochondria |
| I/R | Ischemia-reperfusion |
| MCU | Mitochondrial Ca2+ Uniporter |
| mPTP | Mitochondrial permeability transition pore |
| MRC | Mitochondrial respiratory chain |
| NADH | Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide reduced |
| NCLX | Na+/Ca2+ exchanger |
| RET | Reverse electron transport |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| TH | Therapeutic hypothermia |