Pharmacology is an international forum to present and discuss current perspectives in drug research. The journal communicates research in basic and clinical pharmacology and related fields. It covers biochemical pharmacology, molecular pharmacology, immunopharmacology, drug metabolism, pharmacogenetics, analytical toxicology, neuropsychopharmacology, pharmacokinetics and clinical pharmacology. In addition to original papers and short communications of investi­gative findings and pharmacological profiles, the journal contains reviews, comments and perspective notes; research communications of novel therapeutic agents are encouraged.

Editors
Josef Donnerer – Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
Koji Takeuchi – Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan
Kent E. Vrana – Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
Stephan von Gunten – University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland


Editorial Board Members
Jörg Ahrens – Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Christina Antoniou – Sygros Hospital, Kessariani, Greece
Leslie Z. Benet – University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Melvin L. Billingsley – The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA
Alasdair Breckenridge – University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Keith K. Burkhart – US Department of Health and Human Service, Silver Spring, MD, USA
Gabriella Coruzzi – University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Stefan Dhein – University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Theodore L. Goodfriend – University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Masahiko Hirafuji – Iwaki Meisei University, Iwaki City, Japan
Morley Hollenberg – University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Makoto Inui – Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
Kuniaki Ishii – Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
Christian Joukhadar – Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Yoshinori Kamisaki – Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Neil Kaplowitz – University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Atsufumi Kawabata – Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, Japan
Alexander Levitzki – Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Benedict R. Lucchesi – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Walter E. Müller – Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Norton H. Neff – Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
James P. O’Callaghan – National Institute Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV, USA
Keith Pennypacker – University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
Saurabh Saha – BioMed Valley Discoveries, Kansas City, MO, USA
Carmelo Scarpignato – University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Charles D. Smith – Medical University of South Carolina, Charlestown, SC, USA
Eiichi Taira – Iwate Medical School, Iwate, Japan
Chunyu Zeng – Daping Hospital, Chongqing City, China