= Purkinje cell
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Named for <Jan Evangelista Purkyně>, a cerebellar <neuron> receiving many <parallel fiber> inputs and a powerful <climbing fiber> input. Simple-spike and complex-spike responses provide distinct physiological readouts in studies of motor learning.
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{title=<Purkinje cells> and <granule cells> in a pigeon <cerebellum>, drawn by <Santiago Ramón y Cajal> in 1899}
{description=The large, branching cells labelled A are <Purkinje cells>; the smaller cells labelled B are <granule cells>. Historical drawing held by Instituto Cajal, Madrid. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.}
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