Numbering Code	G-MED26 7D011 LJ88	Year/Term	2022 ・ Year-round
Number of Credits	4	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	1st year doctoral students	Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Fri.2
Instructor name	SAWAMOTO NOBUKATSU (Graduate School of Medicine Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	・We will discuss the clinical significance of the symptoms presented by patients with cranial nerve diseases such as dementia. We aim to understand the structure of the human psychological phenomena through conditions such as aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, mood disorders, and amnesia. This course will help students with sufficient knowledge of neuroanatomy and neuropsychology handle advanced content.
Course Goals	・Understand the symptoms presented by patients with cranial nerve diseases such as dementia. ・Learn the structure of human psychological phenomena and make use of it in clinical practice.
Schedule and Contents	Session 1. Orientation Session 2. Aphasic syndromes Session 3. Phonology, semantics, and lexical semantics Session 4. Syntactic aspects of language disorders Session 5. Acquired dyslexia Session 6. Agraphia Session 7. Disorders of visual-spatial perception and cognition Session 8. Aculculia and disturbances of body schema Session 9. Anosognosia Session 10. Apraxia Session 11. Agnosia Session 12. Neglect and related disorders Session 13. Callosal syndromes Session 14. The frontal lobes Session 15. Emotional disorders associated with neurological diseases Session 16. Amnestic disorders Session 17. Neuropsychology of dementia Session 18. Creativity Sessions 19-28. Literature review Feedback is given through questions, etc.
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Assessment based on the content of the presentation.
Course Requirements	None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	As PhD students, we especially value independence, and expect that you will engage in independent study to delve deeper into your areas of research.
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	Heilman KM, et al. "Clinical Neuropsychology" (Oxford) ISBN:978-0195384871
References, etc.	Introduced during class