PURKINJE CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Purkinje cell mean? 

• PURKINJE CELL (noun)
  The noun PURKINJE CELL has 1 sense:

1. a large densely branching neuron that is the characteristic cell of the cerebellar cortex

  Familiarity information: PURKINJE CELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PURKINJE CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large densely branching neuron that is the characteristic cell of the cerebellar cortex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("Purkinje cell" is a kind of...):

brain cell (a nerve cell in the brain)

 Context examples 

It consists of the granular layer, molecular layer, and Purkinje cell layer.

(Cortical Cell Layer of the Cerebellum, NCI Thesaurus)

Cerebellar long-term depression (LTD), thought to be a molecular and cellular basis for cerebellar learning, is a process involving a decrease in the synaptic strength between parallel fiber (PF) and Purkinje cells (PCs) induced by the conjunctive activation of PFs and climbing fiber (CF).

(Long-Term Depression Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)