part of part of in taxon results in maturation of cerebellar Purkinje cell layer development cerebellar Purkinje cell layer maturation GO:0021691 A developmental process, independent of morphogenetic (shape) change, that is required for the cerebellar Purkinje cell layer to attain its fully functional state. 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. cerebellar cortex maturation developmental maturation anatomical structure maturation Vertebrata <vertebrates> Purkinje cell layer of cerebellar cortex