title: Cerebrospinal fluid had come a long way since Galen of  Pergamon (130–200) declared the ventricles to be reservoirs  for the animal spirits.
authors.forename: Alastair
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Compston
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000502:physiology*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000502:physiology*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D051299:Post-Dural Puncture Headache / Q000266:history* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013129:Spinal Puncture / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000266:history*