PMID- 28167905
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 1662-5161 (Print)
IS  - 1662-5161 (Electronic)
IS  - 1662-5161 (Linking)
VI  - 11
DP  - 2017
TI  - A Possible Role of Prolonged Whirling Episodes on Structural Plasticity of the 
      Cortical Networks and Altered Vertigo Perception: The Cortex of Sufi Whirling 
      Dervishes.
PG  - 3
LID - 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00003 [doi]
LID - 3
AB  - Although minutes of a spinning episode may induce vertigo in the healthy human, 
      as a result of a possible perceptional plasticity, Sufi Whirling Dervishes (SWDs) 
      can spin continuously for an hour without a vertigo perception.This unique long 
      term vestibular system stimulation presents a potential human model to clarify 
      the cortical networks underlying the resistance against vertigo. This study, 
      therefore, aimed to investigate the potential structural cortical plasticity in 
      SWDs. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of 10 SWDs and 10 controls were obtained, 
      using a 3T scanner. Cortical thickness in the whole cortex was calculated. 
      Results demonstrated significantly thinner cortical areas for SWD subjects 
      compared with the control group in the hubs of the default mode network (DMN), as 
      well as in the motion perception and discrimination areas including the right 
      dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), the right lingual gyrus and the left 
      visual area 5 (V5)/middle temporal (MT) and the left fusiform gyrus. In 
      conclusion, this is the first report that warrants the potential relationship of 
      the motion/body perception related cortical networks and the prolonged term of 
      whirling ability without vertigo or dizziness.
FAU - Cakmak, Yusuf O
AU  - Cakmak YO
AD  - Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago 
      Dunedin, New Zealand.
FAU - Ekinci, Gazanfer
AU  - Ekinci G
AD  - Radiology Department, School of Medicine, Marmara University Istanbul, Turkey.
FAU - Heinecke, Armin
AU  - Heinecke A
AD  - Brain Innovation BV, Biopartner Center Maastricht, Netherlands.
FAU - Cavdar, Safiye
AU  - Cavdar S
AD  - Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Koc University Istanbul, Turkey.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170123
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Hum Neurosci
JT  - Frontiers in human neuroscience
JID - 101477954
PMC - PMC5253366
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - cortex
OT  - meditation
OT  - plasticity
OT  - vertigo
OT  - vestibular
OT  - whirling
EDAT- 2017/02/09 06:00
MHDA- 2017/02/09 06:01
PMCR- 2017/01/01
CRDT- 2017/02/08 06:00
PHST- 2016/08/26 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/01/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/02/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/02/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/02/09 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00003 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Hum Neurosci. 2017 Jan 23;11:3. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00003. eCollection 
      2017.