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

[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.

Dr. Michitaka Funayama graduated from Keio University School of Medicine in 1996 and completed his doctoral degree at neuropsychiatric department at the same university. He is a board certified specialist in psychiatry and now is head of neuropsychiatry department at Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital. He specializes in neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology and psychiatry and serves as an editor for Japan Society for Higher Brain Dysfunction and Neuropsychology Association of Japan.