Purkinje neurons
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Purkinje cell — Infobox neuron neuron name = Purkinje cell image neuron = PurkinjeCell.jpg caption neuron = Drawing of pigeon Purkinje cells (A) by Santiago Ramon y Cajal location = Cerebellum function = inhibitory projection neuron neurotranmitter = GABA… … Wikipedia
Purkinje cell — [pər kin′jē] n. [after J. E. Purkinje (1787 1869), Bohemian physiologist] any of the large neurons that make up the middle layer of the gray cortex of the cerebellum, characterized by a dense network of dendrites on the outer side and a long,… … English World dictionary
Purkinje, Jan Evangelista — born Dec. 17, 1787, Libochovice, Bohemia died July 28, 1869, Prague, Czech. Czech experimental physiologist. He discovered the Purkinje effect (as light decreases, red objects appear to fade faster than blue ones), Purkinje cells (large branching … Universalium
Purkinje cells — nerve cells found in great numbers in the cortex of the cerebellum. The cell body is flask shaped, with numerous dendrites branching from the neck and extending fanwise among other cells towards the surface and a long axon that runs from the base … Medical dictionary
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Purkinje cell — A class of neuron in the cerebellum; the only neurons that convey signals away from the cerebellum … Dictionary of molecular biology
piriform neurons — Purkinje cells … Medical dictionary
Anatomy of the cerebellum — This article gives a detailed description of the anatomy of the cerebellum. The structure of the cerebellum can be viewed at three levels. At the level of large scale anatomy, the cerebellum consists of a tightly folded and crumpled layer of… … Wikipedia
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Cerebellar abiotrophy — (CA), also referred to as the cerebellar cortical abiotrophy (CCA), which is a genetic neurological disease in animals best known to affect certain breeds of horses and dogs. It develops when the neurons known as Purkinje cells, located in the… … Wikipedia
