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Introduction 1. Electrical Activity of the Nerve: The Background up to 1952, Sir A. Huxley The Normal Axon 2. Morphology of Normal Peripheral Axons, C-H. Berthold and M. Rydmark 3. Morphology of Central Nervous System Axons, A. Hirano and J.F. Llena 4. Physiology of Axons, J.M. Ritchie 5. The Schwann Cell: Morphology and Development, N. Kleitman and R.P. Bunge 6. The Oligodendrocyte, The Perinodal Astrocyte, and the Central Node of Ranvier, J.A. Black, H.W. Sontheimer, and S.G. Waxman 7. Molecular Biology of Myelination, E.S. Monuki and G.E. Lemke 8. Mechanisms of Adhesion Between Axons and Glial Cells, J.L. Salzer 9. Axonal Transport: Function and Mechanisms, B. Grafstein 10. Development of Axons: Calcium, Steering and the Growth Cone, R.W. Davenport, S. Bolsover, and S.B. Kater 11. Voltaged-gated Ion Channels in Axons: Localization, Function, and Development, S.G. Waxman 12. Molecular Biology of Voltage-dependent Potassium and Sodium Channels, R.L. Barchi 13. Voltage-clamp Studies in Axons: Macroscopic and Single Channel Currents, W. Vogel and J.R. Schwartz 14. Modulation of Axonal Excitability by Neurotransmitter Receptors, J.D. Kocsis and K. Sakatani 15. Ion Pumps and Exchangers, P.K. Stys, S.G. Waxman, and B.R. Ransom 16. Mechanisms of Accommodation and adaptation in Myelinated Axons, H. Bostock 17. Electrophysiological Approaches to the Study of Axons, P.K. Stys and J.D. Kocsis 18. Action Potential Conduction Recorded Optically in Normal, Demyelinated and Remyelinating Axons, P. Shrager Principles of Axonal Pathophysiology 19. Reactiono of the Neuronal Cell Body to Axonal Damage, G.W. Kreutzberg 20. Axonal Degeneration and Disorders of the Axonal Cytoskeleton, J.W. Griffin, et al. 21. Pathology of Demyelinated and Dysmyelinated Axons, J. Rosenbluth 22. Pathology of the Myelin Sheath, S.K. Ludwin 23. Pathophysiology of Demyelinated Axons, S.G. Waxman, J.D. Kocsis, and J.A. Black 24. Anoxic-ischemic Injury in Axons, P.K. Stys, et al. 25. Traumatic Injury of Spinal Axons, O. Honmou and W. Young 26. Diffuse Axonal Injury, J.T. Povlshock and C.W. Christman 27. Abnormal Excitability in Injured Axons, M. Devor 28. Regeneration of PNS Axons, M.A. Bisby 29. Role of Cellular Interactions in Axonal Growth and Regeneration, L. McKerracher, J.P. Julien, and A.J. Aguayo 30. Clinical Electrophysiology of PNS Axons, J. Kimura 31. Clinical Assessment of CNS Axons: Evoked Potentials, S.J. Jones 32. Human Peripheral Nerve Disease (Peripheral Neuropathies, A.R. Berger and H.H. Schaumburg 33. Overview of Clinical Aspects of Multiple Sclerosis, Including Cognitive Deficit, W.I. McDonald 34. Clinical Aspects of Traumatic Injury to CNS Axons, M.R. Dimitrijevic