Dr. Douglas Zochodne is a Neurologist and Neuroscientist, Director of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, and Past Divisional Director of Neurology at the University of Alberta (UofA). Dr. Zochodne’s career has included faculty positions at Queen’s University, Canada, the University of Calgary and more recently the University of Alberta. Dr. Zochodne’s roles have included Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, and President of the Peripheral Nerve Society. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and his book “Our Wired Nerves: The Human Nerve Connectome” was published in 2020. He has devoted his career toward understanding the biology and diseases of the peripheral nervous system.

• 1. Introduction2. The intact peripheral nerve tree3. Injuries and disorders of peripheral nerves (disorder section is new from previous edition)4. Axonal degeneration (new chapter)5. Addressing nerve regeneration in vitro and in vivo (in vitro and in vivo is new from previous edition)6. Growth cones and early regenerative events7. Growth factors and extrinsic determinants of growth (Formerly Trophic Factors and peripheral nerves)8. Growth signaling intrinsic pathways within neurons (new chapter)9. Regeneration and Schwann cell biology (new chapter)10. Maturation of regeneration and reinnervation11. Delayed reinnervation12. Dorsal root ganglia and ganglion stem cells (new chapter)13. Evaluating experimental neuropathies (new chapter)14. CNS axon regeneration (new chapter)15. Nerve repair (new chapter)