Kenji Kosaka (psychiatrist)
Kenji Kosaka | |
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小阪 憲司 | |
| Born | 1939 |
| Died | (aged 83) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Kanazawa University |
| Known for | Dementia with Lewy bodies |
| Awards | Asahi Prize (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychiatry Neuroscience |
| Institutions | Yokohama City University |
Kenji Kosaka (小阪 憲司, Kosaka Kenji, 1939 – March 16, 2023) was a Japanese psychiatrist, known for his pioneer research on Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), which he first described.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Kosaka was born in Ise, Mie, and completed his M.D. in 1965 from Kanazawa University.[1] He was appointed a professor of psychiatry at Yokohama City University School of Medicine in 1991, before becoming a director of Yokohama City University Medical Center in 1995.[1] He was a director of Medical Care Court Clinic in Yokohama since 2011.[2]
Kosaka received the 2013 Asahi Prize for discovering Dementia with Lewy bodies.[3]
Kosaka died from aspiration pneumonia on March 16, 2023, at the age of 83.[4]
Contribution
[edit]In 1976, Kosaka described the concept of Dementia with Lewy bodies for the first time.[5] Two years later, he reported three autopsied cases of Dementia with Lewy bodies.[6]
The term Dementia with Lewy bodies was proposed at the first international workshop held in 1995, and is now in common use.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 小阪名誉教授 [Professor Emeritus Kosaka] (in Japanese). Ashitaba Mental Clinic. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
- ^ メディカルケアコートクリニック [Medical Care Court Clinic] (in Japanese). Medical Care Court Clinic. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
- ^ "The Asahi Prize". Retrieved February 3, 2014.
- ^ 小阪憲司さんが死去 (in Japanese)
- ^ Kosaka K, Oyanagi S, Matsushita M, Hori A (1976). "Presenile dementia with Alzheimer-, Pick- and Lewy-body changes". Acta Neuropathol. 36 (3): 221–233. doi:10.1007/bf00685366. PMID 188300. S2CID 162001.
- ^ Kosaka K. (1978). "Lewy bodies in cerebral cortex, report of three cases". Acta Neuropathol. 42 (2): 127–134. doi:10.1007/bf00690978. PMID 654884. S2CID 10337947.
- ^ レビー小体型認知症研究会 [Japanese Society for Dementia with Lewy bodies] (in Japanese). Retrieved February 3, 2014.
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