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Jan Evangelista Purkyně and the cerebellum then and now.
Physiological research - 1 Jan 2015
Vožeh F
Abstract excerpt
The name of Jan Evangelista Purkyně and the cerebellum belong inseparably together. He was the first who saw and described the largest nerve cells in the brain, de facto in the cerebellum. The most distinguished researchers of the nervous system then showed him the highest recognition by naming these neurons as Purkinje cells. Through experiments by J. E. Purkyně and his followers properly functionally was...
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