CONTENTS

In Japanese


—Reviews—

On the Occasion of Retirement from Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University
………F. Inagaki 1251
Dopaminergic Neuroprotection and Reconstruction of Neural Network Tiara
………Y. Kitamura 1263
Study on Natural Products for Drug Development
………S. Tsukamoto 1273
Highly Emissive Pyrene-based Fluorophores and Highly Sensitive Fluorescent Sensors Using Pyrene Emission Switching
………K. Fujimoto 1283
Three-dimensional Structure of Membrane Protein Stomatin and Function of Stomatin-specific Protease
………H. Yokoyama 1289
Visualization of Amyloid Formation Processes on Cell Membranes: Gangliosides as Key Molecules for the Onset of Amyloidosis
………M. Wakabayashi 1295
Beneficial Effect of Galantamine on Sensory Information-processing Deficits
………Y. Ago 1305
Development of Tissue Pressure-mediated Transfection Method Aimed at Organ-specific Gene Expression Control
………H. Mukai 1311
Development of Selective Determination Methods for Quinones with Fluorescence and Chemiluminescence Detection and Their Application to Environmental and Biological Samples
………N. Kishikawa 1319
Pharmacologically Active Metabolites of Currently Marketed Drugs: Potential Resources for New Drug Discovery and Development
………M. J. Kang, W. H. Song, B. H. Shim, S. Y. Oh, H. Y. Lee, E. Y. Chung, Y. Sohn, and J. Lee 1325
Synthesis of a Strain Molecule, 1-Azabicyclo [1.1.0] butane
………K. Hayashi 1339

—Regular Articles—

Acceptable Incremental Cost Effectiveness Ratio for Use of New Drugs, Cases in Statin Therapies
………S. Nakao, H. Kawabe, H. Takuma, and M. Shiragami 1347
Preparation, Characterization and Evaluation of Docetaxel-loaded, Folate-conjugated PEG-liposomes
………Z. Yuan, D. Chen, S. Zhang, and Z. Zheng 1353
The Clinical Evaluation of Drug Information Provided by the Pharmacists in the Intensive Care Unit
………M. Imaura, Y. Kohata, K. Kobayashi, H. Takahashi, H. Yokoyama, T. Akase, and Y. Yamada 1361
Light-induced Deterioration Test of Carboplatin under Clinical Settings
………Y. Okamoto, K. Tazumi, Y. Sanada, M. Tsugane, and E. Uejima 1369

—Note—

Side Chain Orientation of the Amino Acid Substituted by a Cysteine Residue Is Important for Successful Crosslinking of Galectin to Its Glycoprotein Ligand Using a Photoactivatable Sulfhydryl Reagent
………M. Tamura, T. Igarashi, K. Kasai, and Y. Arata 1375

—Articles—

A Survey on the Attitudes of Pregnant and Lactating Women about the Use of Drugs
………K. Takagi, M. Onda, A. Iwaki, N. Nishikawa, and Y. Arakawa 1381
A Microarray Analysis of the Effects of Serum-free Medium on Gene Expression Changes in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells during the in Vitro Culture
………R. Sawada, T. Yamada, T. Tsuchiya, and A. Matsuoka 1387
Errata
……… 1395