title: Axon-glia interactions: building a smart nerve fiber.
abstract: Myelinated nerve fibers are designed in an optimal manner which requires tuning of conduction time with millisecond precision. This involves the highly coordinated differentiation of axons and myelin-forming glial cells; the nature of the signals involved in this axon-glial cell dance are beginning to be elucidated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Waxman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology*; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000502:physiology; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000502:physiology*