[A case of left posterior inferior temporal infarction with right homonymous upper quadrantanopsia and alexia with agraphia for Kanji].

Background: Alexia with agraphia usually represents damage in angular gyrus. We report an unusual case of alexia with agraphia caused by a posterior inferior temporal lesion.

Case Report: A 82-year-old, right-handed man was admitted because of reading disorder.

[A case of acute bromvalerylurea intoxication: clinical course and alteration in serum bromvalerylurea concentration].

Bromvalerylurea is one of the non-barbiturates products and has been used as analgesics and hypnotics in Japan. A 20-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for loss of consciousness. She had a 6-month history of transient delirium and drunken gait.

[Effects of personal controls on cortisol secretion during stress processes].

This study investigated effects of personal control on psychobiological stress responses. Salivary cortisol was used as an index of hypothalamic pituitary-adrenocortical axis response. Healthy males (N = 20) were exposed five times serially to a psychosocial stressor: mental arithmetic under time pressure.

Vertical ophthalmoplegia in a demented patient with striatopallidodentate calcification.

A case is presented here of a 73-year-old man who showed signs of dementia, supranuclear vertical ophthalmoplegia, pseudobulbar palsy, axial dystonia, mild rigidity, and parkinsonian gait. Computed tomography of the head revealed symmetrical calcification in the striatum, globus pallidus and dentate nucleus to an extraordinary degree. No metabolic conditions were observed that could explain the intracranial calcification.

Steroid-responsive limbic encephalitis.

A 71-year-old man presented with gradually progressing cognitive decline following acute febrile exanthematous disorder. The MRI showed an abnormality in the bilateral limbic systems. An elevation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein with lymphocyte pleocytosis was noted.