[S-15-1] Recent advancement of cognitive batteries for Alzheimer's disease

Atsushi Iwata (The University of Tokyo Hospital Department of Neurology, Japan)

Neuropsychological findings are useful clue for adequate diagnosis of dementia. In this session, the topics and the trends of cognitive neurology/neuropsychology regarding dementia are introduced and will bring clinicians useful information. First, recent advance of Neurocognitive evaluation of dementia second, clinico-pathological investigation of a new entity: primary progressive AOS, third, pathological correlation with non fluent variant primary progressive aphasia, and finally, variation of SD　and LPA will be presented.

[S-15-2] Neuropathology of primary progressive aphasia

Mari Yoshida (Institute for Medical Science of Aging, Aichi Medical University, Japan)

Neuropsychological findings are useful clue for adequate diagnosis of dementia. In this session, the topics and the trends of cognitive neurology/neuropsychology regarding dementia are introduced and will bring clinicians useful information. First, recent advance of Neurocognitive evaluation of dementia second, clinico-pathological investigation of a new entity: primary progressive AOS, third, pathological correlation with non fluent variant primary progressive aphasia, and finally, variation of SD　and LPA will be presented.

[S-15-3] Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Model for Language Function and Neurodegenerative Disease

Marilu Gorno Tempini (University of California, San Francisco, USA)

Neuropsychological findings are useful clue for adequate diagnosis of dementia. In this session, the topics and the trends of cognitive neurology/neuropsychology regarding dementia are introduced and will bring clinicians useful information. First, recent advance of Neurocognitive evaluation of dementia second, clinico-pathological investigation of a new entity: primary progressive AOS, third, pathological correlation with non fluent variant primary progressive aphasia, and finally, variation of SD　and LPA will be presented.

[S-15-4] Logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia and progressive transcortical sensory aphasia

Michitaka Funayama (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital, Japan)

Neuropsychological findings are useful clue for adequate diagnosis of dementia. In this session, the topics and the trends of cognitive neurology/neuropsychology regarding dementia are introduced and will bring clinicians useful information. First, recent advance of Neurocognitive evaluation of dementia second, clinico-pathological investigation of a new entity: primary progressive AOS, third, pathological correlation with non fluent variant primary progressive aphasia, and finally, variation of SD　and LPA will be presented.