Purkinje cells


Pur·kin·je cell lay·er

(pŭr-kin'jē), the layer of large neuron cell bodies located at the interface of molecular and granular layers in the cerebellar cortex; dendrites of these cells fan outward into the molecular layer in a plane transverse to the folium and axons enter the white matter. Synonym(s): stratum purkinjense cortex cerebelli [TA], ganglionic layer of cerebellar cortex, layer of piriform neurons, Purkinje cells, Purkinje corpuscles

Pur·kin·je cell lay·er

(pŭr-kin'jē sel lā'yĕr) The layer of large neuron cell bodies located at the interface of molecular and granular layers in the cerebellar cortex; dendrites of these cells fan outward into the molecular layer in a plane transverse to the folium.
Synonym(s): Purkinje cells, Purkinje corpuscles.

Purkinje cells

Nerve cells with very large, pear-shaped bodies and a profuse collection of dendrites that are found in the middle layer of the surface zone (cortex) of the CEREBELLUM. (Johannes Evangelista von Purkinje, 1787–1869, Czech polymath and physiologist).

Purkinje,

Johannes E. von (Jan E. Purkyne), Bohemian anatomist and physiologist, 1787-1869. Purkinje afterimage - Synonym(s): Bidwell ghostPurkinje cells - large nerve cells of the cerebellar cortex with a piriform cell body and dendrites arranged in a plane transverse to the folium. Synonym(s): Purkinje corpusclesPurkinje conduction - conduction of the cardiac impulse through the Purkinje system.Purkinje corpuscles - Synonym(s): Purkinje cellsPurkinje effect - Synonym(s): Purkinje phenomenonPurkinje fibers - interlacing fibers formed of modified cardiac muscle cells that are the terminal ramifications of the conducting system of the heart found beneath the endocardium of the ventricles.Purkinje figures - shadows of the retinal vessels seen as dark lines on a reddish field when a light enters the eye through the sclera and not the pupil.Purkinje image trackerPurkinje images - Synonym(s): Purkinje-Sanson imagesPurkinje layer - the layer of Purkinje cells between the molecular and granular layers of the cerebellar cortex. Synonym(s): piriform neuron layerPurkinje network - the network formed by Purkinje fibers beneath the endocardium.Purkinje phenomenon - in the light-adapted eye, the region of maximal brightness is in the yellow; in the dark-adapted eye, the region of maximal brightness is in the green. Synonym(s): Purkinje effect; Purkinje shiftPurkinje shift - Synonym(s): Purkinje phenomenonPurkinje system - terminal ramifications in the ventricles of the specialized conducting system of the heart.Purkinje-Sanson images - the two images formed by the anterior and posterior surfaces of the cornea, and the two images formed by the anterior and posterior surfaces of the lens. Synonym(s): catatropic images; Purkinje images; Sanson images