The Korean Society of Pharmacology

The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology is the official journal of both the Korean Physiological Society and Korean Society of Pharmacology. The Journal is published bi-monthly in English. Submission of any original paper on physiological and pharmacological sciences and interactions of chemicals with biological systems is invited. Articles on original methods in physiological and pharmacological sciences will also be consigered for publication. Manuscripts are gerenally reviewed by two referees. Once they have been accepted no substantial part should be published elsewhere.

Address for Manuscripts. An original and two copies of each manuscript should be sent to the editorial office of KJPP, 448-13 Seokyo-Dong Mapo-Gu, Seoul 121-210, Korea

Form of Manuscripts. Manuscripts should be submitted in double-spaced typewritten form on one side of the paper of A4 size with 3cm margines on all sides, All pages should be numbered consecutively; title page will be page 1. Manuscripts should be divided into the following parts in the order indicated.

1)	Title page : it should include the complete title of the paper, name(s), addresses and institutional affiliations for the authors. Running title, number of figures and tables, name and address for correspondence.
2)	Abstract : it should be typed on a separate page, not exceeding 200 words It should include the purpose, general methods, findings and conclusions of the study and described in a single paragraph. Keywords of less than 10 items should be included here.
3)	Introduction : containing the reasons and purpose of the study.
4)	Methods : sufficient information should be include th permit repetition of experimental works. Commonly used methods require only a citation of the original source.
5)	Results : these should be given concisely. The use of tables and figures to illustrate the same results would not be allowed.
6)	Discussion : should be pertinent to the results. Speculation is to be based on data only and this section should not repeat results.
7)	Acknowledgment : including sources of financial supports, if any.
8)	References(see below).

Tables and Figures. Tables with their title should be typed in double-space, each on a separate sheet. No abbreviations in the title. Type table footnotes, lettered a, b, etc., at the end of table. Line drawing should be submitted as three sets glossy prints which are large enough to be legible when reduced(not larger than 8 * 10 in or 20 * 25 cm). All figures and tables should be referred in the text and be numbered consecutively. They are expected to be identified on the reverse side with the author's name, the number and the orientation of the figure such as top or bottom, etc. Manuscripts should be consistent in their use of units(generally SI units). References. The references should include only the works cited in the text.

References. should be listed alphabetically with no serial numbers at the end of the paper. References should include author(s), title of paper refferred to, journal, volume, page numbers and year in order. List all authors, surnames and initials. Abbreviation of titles of journals should follow the list of journal indexed in Index Medicus. Two or more references to the same author(s) with the same publication year should have a, b, c etc., suffixed to the year. References to books should include the authors, title of articles, editor(s), complete title of the book, number of edition, publisher, place of publication pages and year in order.

Examples of References.
(1)	Journal Hayes EC, Lombardo DL, Girad Y. Measuring leukotrienes of slow reacting substances of anaphylaxis : development of a specific radioimmunoassay. J. Immunol 131: 429-435, 1983a
(2)	Monograph Millan MJ, Weihe E, Czlonkowski. Endogenous opioid systems in the control of pain. In: Almeida OFX, shippenberg TS ed, Neurobiology of Opioides. 1st ed. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, p 245-260, 1991

References should be cited in the text by giving the author's surname, with the year of publication in parentheses, e.g.(Hill, 1983; Hill & Dale, 1983) in the chronological order and alphabetical aorder for the references published in the same year. When the references is mede to the work by thress or more authors, the surname of the first author is followed by et al, e.g. (Hill et al, 1938).

Abbreviations. The followings are to be used throughout : unpunctuated (?g, mg, g, kg, ?l, ml, l, mm, cm, m, msec, sec, min, h, %, ℃, ?M, mM, M LD50, wt), and punctuated (i.v., i.p., s.c., i.m., p.o., Vol., Fig., approx., temp., etc). In other cases, authors should avoid abbreviations unless they are easily understood and help in reading the paper, and they should be kept to a minimun. when introduced, in the abstract and text or in labeling figures, abbreviations must be defined at first in abstract and text, respectively.