immediately deep to immediately superficial to composed primarily of Purkinje cell granular layer of cerebellar cortex molecular layer of cerebellar cortex Purkinje cell layer of cerebellar cortex BTO:0004909 NCIT:C49140 cerebellar Purkinje cell layer UBERON:0002979 BIRNLEX:818 MBA:1145 cerebellum Purkinje cell layer FMA:83896 Purkinje cell layer cerebellum Purkinje layer The Purkinje cell layer lies just underneath the molecular layer of the cerebellar cortex. It contains the neuronal cell bodies of the Purkinje cells that are arranged side by side in a single layer. Candelabrum interneurons are vertically oriented between the Purkinje cells. Purkinje neurons are inhibitory and provide the output of the cerebellar cortex through axons that project into the white matter. Extensive dendritic trees from the Purkinje cells extend upward in a single plane into the molecular layer where they synapse with parallel fibers of granule cells. EMAPA:35223 reticular nucleus thalamus (Arnold) SCTID:369046001 MA:0000997 cerebellar layer