definition
The neuron purkinjense (popularly known as the Purkinje cell) is one of numerous nerve cells that occupy the middle layer of the cerebellar cortex and is characterised by a large globuse body with massive dendrites directed outward and a single slender axon directed inward[1].
DISCOVERY
The Czech anatomist and physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkyně discovered[2] the neuron purkinjense in 1836 in the cerebellum of sheep. Here is a drawing[2] he made of his discovery:
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Here is a photomicrograph[3] of a section of the cerebellum stained with tdTomato taken using a confocal microscope, clearly showing Purkinje cells:
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discoverer
Here is a lithograph[4] of Jan Evangelista Purkyně:
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1787-1869
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