title: [John R Hodges].
abstract: John Russell Hodges is an English behavioral neurologist, who is mainly engaged in neuropsychological research for neurocognitive disorders. He contributed to symptomatology of transient global amnesia (TGA), semantic dementia, and behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD). Extensive features of his research work are based on his excellent clinician's approach and his outstanding neuropsychological viewpoint, always keeping that neural basis of the symptoms using neuroimaging and neuropathological techniques, and concerning cure and care for patients. Collaboration with psychiatrists, neuroradiologists, neuropsychologists, neuropathologists, social workers, occupational therapists, research nurses, molecular biologists have supported his broad research work. Karalyn Patterson who is an outstanding clinical and experimental neuropsychologist has been particularly important guiding light for his clinical research. He is an excellent clinician and also looks like a commander of a large and well organized research group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University.
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikeda
mesh_terms: D020236:Amnesia, Transient Global / Q000266:history*; D001519:Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*; D057180:Frontotemporal Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000266:history*; D009484:Neuropsychology / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom