[S-15] Dementia and cognitive neurology: recent advances

[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.

Graduated in Medicine from Nagoya University, Aichi in 1981.
Received M.D. degree in Medical Science from Nagoya University in 1993.
Professor, Department of Neuropathology, Institute for Medical Science of Aging, Aichi Medical University since 2010.
Devoted to the neuropathology of degenerative disorders, particularly those that produce Parkinsonism, dementia, and motor neuron disease.
Member of Japanese Society of Neurology.
Board of Japanese Society of Neuropathology.