Vol.1 No.2 June 2001

 


EDITORIAL

 
Psychogeriatrics in Japan 
―Bio-Psycho-Socio-Ethical Model
Masatoshi Takeda, MD, PhD
(Psychiatry, Clinical Neuroscience, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine)
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REVIEW
Dementia Poststroke
Tarja Pohjasvaara, MD, PhD (Department of Neurology, Memory Research Unit, Helsinki University Central Hospital), Risto Vataja, MD, Antero Leppävuori, MD, PhD, and Timo Erkinjuntti, MD, PhD
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Quantifying Dementia Care in Japan: A Discussion on the Long-Term Care Insurance
Shivani Nandi, PhD(Eisai Co., Ltd.Team Researcher, the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto)
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ORIGINAL
ARTICLE
No Association between Presenilin 1 Intron Gene or Butyrylcholinesterase K Variantand Alzheimer’s Disease in Japanese Populations 
Yasuji Yamamoto, MD, PhD(Psychiatry and Neurology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine), Masahito Sengo, MD(Hyogo Institute for Aging Brain and Cognitive Disorders), Minoru Yasuda, MD, PhD(), and Kiyoshi Maeda, MD, PhD
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Dementia in Parkinson’s Disease: Its Incidence and a Possible Relationship with Dopa-refractory Symptoms
Atsushi Takeda, MD, PhD(Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine), Kanae Fujihara, PhD,Akio Kikuchi, MD, PhD, Teiko Kimpara, MD, PhD, and Yasuto Itoyama, MD, PhD
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Influence of Apolipoprotein E3 on the Production of Paired Helical Filament in Guamanian Parkinsonism-dementia Complex/Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Alzheimer’s Disease
Takehide Tsuda, MD, PhD(Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine), D.R.C. McLachlan, MD,and Yasuto Itoyama MD, PhD
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Effect of Presenilin 1 Missense Mutation and Aluminum on Early Neuronal Development of the Mouse Brain
Eriko Fukusho, MA(Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine), Yu Nakamura, MD, PhD, Yujiro Kashiwagi, MD, PhD, Takashi Kudo, MD, PhD, Toshihisa Tanaka, MD, PhD, Naohiko Matsumoto, MD, Tomoyuki Kida, MD, Yuka Nakano, MD, PhD, Kazuhiro Shinosaki, MD, PhD, and Masatoshi Takeda, MD, PhD
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Interrater Reliability of the Todai-shiki Observational Rating Scale (TORS) for Group Psychotherapy of Elderly Patients with Dementia
Osamu Matsuda, PhD(Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University), Yukiko Kurokawa, PhD, Masahiko Saito, MD, Kaori Maruyama, MA, and Noriko Miyamoto, BA
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Pathology in Senile Patients with Abnormal Body Sensation
Tohru Takahashi, MD(Department of Psychiatry, Shinshu University School of Medicine), Tsunemi Tamaru, MD, Junko Imai, MD, Shinsuke Washizuka, MD, Hiroshi Ozawa, MD, Yuzuru Harada, MD, PhD, Akihito Morishima, MD, and Naoji Amano, MD, PhD
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CASE
REPORT
Severe Sequelae of Group B Streptococcal (Streptococcus Agalactiae) Meningitis in an 82-year-old Man
Kazuo Fujihara, MD (Department of Neurology, Hiroshima Red Cross and Atomic Bomb Survivors’ Hospital;Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine), Yasuhiro Fujioka, MD, Michiya Ohta, MD,and Yasuto Itoyama, MD, PhD
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A Case of Traumatic Brain Injury Developing Frontal Lobe Syndrome after a Long Incubation Period
Junya Nagasawa, MD (Department of Psychiatry,Shinshu University School of Medicine), Naoji Amano, MD, PhD, Miho Takahashi, and Tomoki Kaneko, MD
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