last update on 2006/05/28
Research of our laboratory
Clinical neuropsychology
Symptomatology of patients with organic brain disease, such as degenerative disease, cerebral vascular disease, and traumatic brain injury.
Investigation of neural correlates of cognitive dysfunctions through clinical assessment.
Cognitive neuropsychology
Investigation of neural basis of cognitive function and behavior, such as memory, language, praxis, visuo-spatial perception, executive function, and emotion by means of neuropsychological assessment and neuroimaging.
Clinical neuropsychiatry
Application of methodology of neuropsychology to investigation of psychiatric disease, such as schizophrenia and stress-related psychiatric illness.
Current projects
Clinical database
Clinical data of patients with organic brain disease, mainly dementia, including results of neuropsychological assessment, genetic test and neuroimaging.
Similar data of normal elder volunteers in the community.
MCI study
Neurological, neuropsychological and neuroimaging assessment in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
iNPH study
Neurological, neuropsychological and neuroimaging assessment of patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH).
Schizophrenia study
Neuropsychological assessment of patients with schizophrenia.
Neuroimaging of schizophrenic brain using MRI, including diffusion tensor imaging and voxel based morphometry.
Dissociative amnesia study
Investigation of neural correlates of the symptoms using I-123 iomazenil SPECT.
PTSD study
Psychological and neuropsychological assessment, and PET activation study in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) before and after improvement of symptoms by cognitive behavioral therapy and medication.
Members
- Instructor
- KAZUI Hiroaki, MD, PhD
- Instructor
- TOKUNAGA Hiromasa, MD, PhD
- PostDoc
- DORONBEKOV Talant, MD, PhD
- D4
- KIMURA Nobuyo, MD
- D4
- KUBO Yoshihiko, MD
- D3
- YOSHIDA Tetsuhiko, MD
- D1
- KITOH Yumiko, MD
