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| Title |
A Possible Role of Prolonged Whirling Episodes on Structural Plasticity of the Cortical Networks and Altered Vertigo Perception: The Cortex of Sufi Whirling Dervishes
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00003 |
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| Authors |
Yusuf O. Cakmak, Gazanfer Ekinci, Armin Heinecke, Safiye Çavdar |
| Abstract |
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. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 25% |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 10% |
| Germany | 2 | 10% |
| Japan | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 15 | 75% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 15% |
| Scientists | 2 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 47 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 8 | 17% |
| Researcher | 7 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 13% |
| Lecturer | 5 | 11% |
| Other | 5 | 11% |
| Unknown | 9 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 19% |
| Psychology | 9 | 19% |
| Arts and Humanities | 5 | 11% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 13% |
| Unknown | 11 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 September 2023.
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#28
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