Neurones in the cerebellar cortex [Described 1837. After Johannes Evangelista Purkinje (1787-1869), Professor of Physiology at Breslau, now in Poland, and then Prague, Czech Republic.]
Nerve cells found in great numbers in the cortex of the cerebellum. The cell body is flask-shaped, with numerous dendrites branching from the neck and extending fanwise among other cells toward the surface and a long axon that runs from the base deep into the cerebellum.
Large specialized nerve cells occurring in great numbers in the cortex (superficial layer of grey matter) of the cerebellum of the brain. They have a flask-shaped body, an axon and branching treelike extensions called dendrites, which extend towards the surface of the brain.