Talk:Purkinje cell

Name
Should this article be called Purkinje neuron? --Peta 05:51, 3 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Both can be used, but I think Purkinje cell is more common. I've created a redirect for Purkinje neuron. Nrets   13:56, 3 October 2006 (UTC)


 * What about a redirect for "Purkinje Neurone" and "Purkinje Nerve Cell"?

Shouldnt be proper name rather something like Purkyne cell?This seems more like truncation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.155.249.15 (talk) 23:58, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Uhm, what? No, they're named after a scientist named Purkinje. It's no more a truncation than "Einstein" or "Ford", it's a proper name slightly corrupted in transliteration. 216.82.142.13 (talk) 22:47, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Complex spikes
This confirms the significant change just made by Dan.aponte. I can't access the cited textbook. Anthony (talk) 09:03, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Cross-Reference
The deterioration of Purkinje Cells is one of the main characteristics of opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome, yet the article on Purkinje Cells does not reference the article on Opsoclonus-Myoclonus and vice versa. It would be helpful if the editors of these two articles could work together to cross-reference their articles. (Richef (talk) 19:41, 6 December 2011 (UTC))

Physical anatomy
The present article says, "These cells are some of the largest neurons in the human brain," which is vague. What are the actual dimensions of Purkinje cells? Thanks if you can add that information. p.r.newman (talk) 15:43, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I find the following, 'In the electron microscope, as in light microscopy, the Purkinje cells are large cells with a diameter of 25 to 40 microns', from THE JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY ' VOLUME 18, 1963, THE FINE STRUCTURE OF THE PURKINJE CELL, ROBERT M. HERNDON, M.D.', but I don't see how to interrupt the flow & citation in the article to add the information. (And they're rat neurons, if that matters.)UnderEducatedGeezer (talk) 04:24, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Maybe that reference will get incorporated into the article in due course. p.r.newman (talk) 14:53, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Pronunciation?
Is 'Purkinje' correctly pronounced like the discoverer's name, which might sound like the last name spoken here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Cs-Jan_Evangelista_Purkyne.ogg, which seems to end in an 'inay' sound with accent on the first 'Pur' syllable, or, like the pronunciation guide (pər-KIN-jee), ending in a 'jee'(G) sound with accent on the middle 'kin' syllable? I suspect it's the latter, but maybe people who know can verify?UnderEducatedGeezer (talk) 03:16, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * As a native Czech I can confirm that the pronunciation of the Czech name "Purkyně" is closest to: "Pu" in English "PUt", French "POUle"; "r" in Engl. "Robin"; "ky" in Engl. "KIss", Fr. "QUI" (without aspiration by "k"); "ně" like in Engl. "NEw" followed by "End"; in French name"SeiGNEtt" (but shorter).

The name has three syllabs, namely 'Pur,ky,ně, all of them being short, the accent is on the first one (Pur). In Google Translator, the Czech pronunciation of the word written "Purkyně" is quite correct one. JOb 20:31, 7 June 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by JOb (talk • contribs)

Don't they play a role in engrams?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engram_(neuropsychology) mentions them. Shall we put in the intro "Purkinje cells play a role in engrams" ? Sincerely, SvenAERTS (talk) 04:49, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Since the reference cited in the Engram (neuropsychology) article did not mention engrams at all, I removed that paragraph as a violation of SYNTHESIS. I think that makes your suggestion here moot.
 * I'm glad to see you are reining in your use of the help me template, but you're still not making specific enough suggestions on article talk pages.  — jmcgnh (talk) (contribs) 07:20, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 * cf the "help me" template - that was indeed a misunderstanding. I want to add to the help me template that "help" to add more insights on an article, should be called for via the "Talk me" page and all people interested and knowledgeable on the topic of the article and promote contributing and overall promoting contributing to wikipedia. I am promoting contributing to the wikipedia when I am invited to speak in universities etc. SvenAERTS (talk) 08:30, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
 * cf the link on memory/engrams and Purkinje cells: True, I came to that via the article on the Cerebellum "Most theories that assign learning to the circuitry of the cerebellum are derived from the ideas of David Marr and James Albus, who postulated that climbing fibers provide a teaching signal that induces synaptic modification in parallel fiber–Purkinje cell synapses." SvenAERTS (talk) 08:30, 13 January 2020 (UTC)