Purkinje Cells

Purkinje cells [5], also called Purkinje neurons, are neurons in vertebrate animals located in the cerebellar cortex of the brain. Purkinje cell bodies are shaped like a flask and have many threadlike extensions called dendrites, which receive impulses from other neurons called granule cells [6]. Each cell also has a single projection called an axon, which transmits impulses to the part of the brain that controls movement, the cerebellum [7]. Purkinje cells [5] are inhibitory neurons: they secrete neurotransmitters that bind to receptors that inhibit or reduce the firing of other neurons. Purkinje cells [5] were the first neuronal cells identified. Researchers study the embryonic development of Purkinje cells [5] to elucidate how they function in various mechanisms in the body.