Includes bibliographical references and index.

Myelination and regional domain differentiation of the axon / Courtney Thaxton and Manzoor A. Bhat -- Organizational dynamics, functions, and pathobiological dysfunctions of neurofilaments / Thomas B. Shea ... [et al.] -- Action in axons: stable scaffolds and dynamic filaments / Paul C. Letourneau -- Myosin motor proteins in the cell biology of axons and other neuronal compartments / Paul C. Bridgman -- Mitochondrial transport dynamics in axons and dendrites / Konrad E. Zinsmaier, Milos Babic, and Gary J. Russo -- NGF uptake and retrograde signaling mechanisms in sympathetic neurons in compartmented cultures / Robert B. Campenot -- The paradoxical cell biology of [alpha]-synuclein / Subhojit Roy -- Organized ribosome-containing structural domains in axons / Edward Koenig -- Regulation of mRNA transport and translation in axons / Deepika Vauppalanchi, Dianna E. Willis, and Jeffrey L. Twiss -- Axonal protein synthesis and the regulation of local mitochondrial function / Barry B. Kaplan ... [et al.] -- Protein synthesis in nerve terminals and the glia-neuron unit / Marianna Crispino ... [et al.] -- Local translation and mRNA trafficking in axon pathfinding / Byung C. Yoon, Krishna H. Zivraj, and Christine E. Holt -- Spinal muscular atrophy and a model for survival of motor neuron protein function in axonal ribonucleoprotein complexes / Wilfried Rossoll and Gary J. Bassell -- Retrograde injury signaling in lesioned axons / Keren Ben-Yaakov and Kike Fainzilber -- Axon regeneration in the peripheral and central nervous systems / Eric A. Huebner and Stephen M. Strittmatter.