The Editorial Board of the Acta Pharmacologica Sinica wishes to thank the following scientists for their unique contribu- tion to this journal in reviewing the papers from June to September in 2007 (including papers published and rejected). AGARWAL, Rajesh (Denver) CHENG, Yu-wen (Taipei) GONZALEZ, MP (Ranchuelo) AHN, Cheol-hee (Seoul) CHENG, Zhong-jian (Philadelphia) GONZALEZ-RODRIGUEZ, ML (Seville) ALLURI, Prasanna G (Minneapolis) CHEON, Hyae-gyeong (TaeJon) GORMAN, AM (Galway) ALTIOK, Nedret (Istanbul) CHIANG, Jung-hsien (Tainan) GORRELL, Mark (Newtown) ARAI, Hidenori (Kyoto) CHO, Chong-su (Seoul) GOSENS, Reinoud (Groningen) ASADA, Yujiro (Miyazaki) CHOI, Inhee (Seoul) GOWER Jr, William R (Tampa) ATES, Ozkan (Malatya) CHOI, Jene (Seoul) GRAS, Jeremie (Brussels) AYYAVOO, Velpandi (Pittsburgh) CHU, Sheng-hua (Shanghai) GU, Jing-kai (Changchun) BAATOUT, Sarah (Mol) CHUNG, Hun-taeg (Iksan) GUAN, Xin-yuan (Hong Kong) BAGCHI, Debasis (Omaha) CHUNG, Jing-gung (Taichung) GUAN, Zhi-zhong (Stockholm) BAI, Chun-xue (Shanghai) CIMINI, AnnaMaria (L’Aquila) GUH, Jih-hwa (Taipei) BAI, Dong-lu (Shanghai) CLAPPER, Margie Lee (Philadelphia) GUNIN, Andrei G (Cheboksary) BARANCIK, Miroslav (Dubravska) CORADINI, Danila (Milan) GUO, Li-he 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