What does "purkinje cell" mean?

A kind of GABAergic neuron located in the cerebellar cortex.

What is a synonym for "purkinje cell"?

Common synonyms include: purkinje.

noun

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Noun

1
A kind of GABAergic neuron located in the cerebellar cortex.
"[…] which encloses the initial segment of the Purkinje-cell axon."
2
a large densely branching neuron that is the characteristic cell of the cerebellar cortex wordnet

"[…] which encloses the initial segment of the Purkinje-cell axon."

Named after Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787–1869).