Abba J. Kastin, the Zeitgeist, and the inception of Peptides

It is wonderful to be able to record the establishment and growth of a professional journal after thirty-five years, and to celebrate the splendid career of Abba J. Kastin as an editor as well as a scientist and educator. Abba is also an enriched human being who is both sophisticated and simple, and we are proud to be life-long friends of his. This Festschrift reviews how we (the Olsons) started our careers as neuropsychologists, our interactions with Abba, reflection of the job as neuroscientists, and discussion of the growth and future of Peptides with the new publishing fads.