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noun
A kind of GABAergic neuron located in the cerebellar cortex.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a large densely branching neuron that is the characteristic cell of the cerebellar cortex
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: brain cell
History
Named after Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787–1869).
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