CELL BIOLOGY OF THE AXON

By Y. FAANI

CONTENTS MYELINATION AND REGIONAL DOMAIN DIFFERENTIATION OF THE AXON ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS, FUNCTIONS, AND PATHOBIOLOGICAL DYSFUNCTIONS OF NEUROFILAMENTS CRITICAL ROLES FOR MICROTUBULES IN AXONAL DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE ACTIN IN AXONS: STABLE SCAFFOLDS AND DYNAMIC FILAMENTS MYOSIN MOTOR PROTEINS IN THE CELL BIOLOGY OF AXONS AND OTHER NEURONAL COMPARTMENTS MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSPORT DYNAMICS IN AXONS AND DENDRITES NGF UPTAKE AND RETROGRADE SIGNALING MECHANISMS IN SYMPATHETIC NEURONS IN COMPARTMENTED CULTURES THE PARADOXICAL CELL BIOLOGY OF A-SYNUCLEIN ORGANIZED RIBOSOME-CONTAINING STRUCTURAL DOMAINS IN AXONS REGULATION OF MRNA TRANSPORT AND TRANSLATION IN AXONS AXONAL PROTEIN SYNTHESIS AND THE REGULATION OF LOCAL MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN NERVE TERMINALS AND THE GLIA–NEURON UNIT LOCAL TRANSLATION AND MRNA TRAFFICKING IN AXON PATHFINDING SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY AND A MODEL FOR SURVIVAL OF MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN FUNCTION IN AXONAL RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN COMPLEXES RETROGRADE INJURY SIGNALING IN LESIONED AXONS AXON REGENERATION IN THE PERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS