Martin Heinrich Rathke first described in [[1839]] the embryonic structure, now known as [[Rathke pouch]], from which the anterior lobe of the [[pituitary gland]] develops
((Ueber die Entstehung der Glandula pituitaria. Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und wissenschaftliche Medicin, Berlin, 1838: 482-485.))
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[[Purkinje cell]]s, or Purkinje neurons, are a class of GABAergic neurons located in the cerebellum. They are named after their discoverer, Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyně, who characterized the cells in [[1839]].