Lasse Christiansen

Research Interests

My research interest circles around sensorimotor control, motor learning and in particular central nervous plasticity. Through brain stimulation and electrophysiology, I have explored neural processes underlying motor skill learning and recovery of sensorimotor functions following CNS lesions. Recently I have been working with non-invasive plasticity protocols targeting the injured spinal cord. I have a strong interest in identifying determinants of individual variability in motor control, motor learning and response to non-invasive brain stimulation

Contact Details

Lasse Christiansen

Senior Researcher

lassec@drcmr.dk

Research Areas

Computational and Systems Neuroscience

Imaging of Disease & Mechanisms

Precision Brain Stimulation

Research Groups

Control of Movement (Leader)

Movement Disorders

Brain Network Modulation

Employments

2019 – Present	Postdoctoral Research Associate, DRCMR
2018 – 2019	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Motor Perofrmance and Health, NEXS, University of Copenhagen
2015 – 2017	Postdoctoral Research Associate, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami
2012 – 2015	PhD student, Copenhagen Neural Control of Movement, NEXS & INF, University of Copenhagen
2011 – 2012	Research Assistant, Copenhagen Neural Control of Movement, NEXS & INF, University of Copenhagen

Education

2015	PhD in Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen
2011	MSc in Human Physiology, University of Copenhagen
2009	BSc in Sport and Exercise Science, University of Copenhagen

Publications

Bjørndal JR, Jespersen L, Beck MM, Karabanov AN, Christiansen L, Lundbye-Jensen J (2025), 'Paired corticospinal-motoneuronal stimulation enhances ballistic motor learning and corticospinal plasticity in older adults', The Journal of physiology, 604(2):936-954

Beck MM, Christiansen L, Heyl M, Mastropasqua A, Van Hoornweder S, Thielscher A, Tomasevic L, Siebner HR (2026), unknown publication 935b0be3-11e3-432e-82c0-4557333fb15e

Nygaard S, Madsen MAJ, Wiggermann V, Cabras C, Christiansen L, Svatkova A, Lundell H, Højsgaard Chow H, Romme Christensen J, Blinkenberg M, Sellebjerg F, Siebner H (2026), 'Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to alleviate fatigue in multiple sclerosis—study protocol for a randomized sham-controlled double-blinded clinical trial', Frontiers in Neurology, 17

Lundbye-Jensen J, Christiansen L (2025), unknown publication 18ce8da2-80ff-4422-b356-4f3e5c66aab5

Madsen MAJ, Christiansen L, Siebner HR (2025), unknown publication e91ebe75-6bf8-411b-9963-23ad5c4c2e0b

Madsen MAJ, Christiansen L, Povazan M, Wiggermann V, Siebner HR (2025), unknown publication f4decc0c-fdbc-4176-a948-c1c2e092168c

Nygaard S, Madsen MAJ, Wiggermann V, Cabras C, Christiansen L, Svátková A, Chow HH, Christensen JR, Blinkenberg MB, Sellebjerg FT, Siebner HR (2025), unknown publication feb2109c-0aaa-4374-a3cb-499145f735ff

Christiansen L, Beck MM, Tomasevic L, Siebner HR (2025), unknown publication 3218b3e3-615e-46c6-b188-f5868a81a2c9

Beck MM, Nuyts M, Tomasevic L, Siebner HR, Christiansen L (2025), unknown publication f9f2120d-ba60-455c-8bd3-dc1f1ec2c7ac

Nuyts M, Beck MM, Banach A, Thielscher A, Meesen R, Tomasevic L, Siebner HR, Christiansen L (2025), unknown publication ec55e54f-a8f7-4c84-8c82-c2b4d550503b

Christiansen L, Lundbye-Jensen J (2025), unknown publication 9867ae3d-f99e-4def-a4c8-2974f89e8c27

Nygaard S, Madsen MAJ, Wiggermann V, Cabras C, Christiansen L, Svátková A, Chow HH, Christensen JR, Blinkenberg MB, Sellebjerg FT, Siebner HR (2025), unknown publication 4d4d2fca-b565-4532-880e-025eb8c2dc8b

Nuyts M, Beck MM, Banach A, Thielscher A, Meesen R, Tomasevic L, Siebner HR, Christiansen L (2025), 'Rostro-caudal TMS mapping of immediate transcranial evoked potentials reveals a pericentral crescendo-decrescendo pattern', NeuroImage, 319

Nygaard S, Cabras C, Madsen MAJ, Wiggermann V, Christiansen L, Svátková A, Chow HH, Christensen JR, Blinkenberg MB, Sellebjerg FT, Siebner HR (2024), unknown publication 0fdb791c-5023-420f-bebb-1ff9f67571cf

Beck MM, Heyl M, Mejer L, Vinding MC, Christiansen L, Tomasevic L, Siebner HR (2024), unknown publication 29613790-bb46-433a-8662-cc48596581d3

Sakalauskaitė L, Christiansen L, Benomar B, Siebner HR (2024), unknown publication 358785fb-a4dd-49f9-8abc-d969cc3ab7ba

Beck MM, Christiansen L, Madsen MAJ, Jadidi AF, Vinding MC, Thielscher A, Bergmann TO, Siebner HR, Tomasevic L (2024), 'Transcranial magnetic stimulation of primary motor cortex elicits an immediate transcranial evoked potential', Brain Stimulation, 17(4):802-812

Bjørndal JR, Beck MM, Jespersen L, Christiansen L, Lundbye-Jensen J (2024), 'Hebbian priming of human motor learning', Nature Communications, 15(1):1-12

Madsen MAJ, Christiansen L, Chung CL, Jønsson MG, Siebner HR (2024), unknown publication b223d5ce-0fd1-477f-bd9b-d0e3bca94357

Beck MM, Christiansen L (2024), unknown publication 7c4c2a85-fc74-4dcf-b5d9-b5a36ba24f7b

Nygaard S, Madsen MAJ, Christiansen L, Jadidi AF, Tomasevic L, Sellebjerg FT, Siebner HR (2023), unknown publication c91910b6-3965-42df-bc1e-7bc2edb59574

Beck MM, Christiansen L, Mastropasqua A, Siebner HR (2023), unknown publication 1348278a-bec7-4837-82ce-577682f9a14b

Kesselheim J, Takemi M, Christiansen L, Karabanov AN, Siebner HR (2023), 'Multi-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation of human motor cortex produces short-latency corticomotor facilitation via two distinct mechanisms', Journal of Neurophysiology, 129(2):410-420

Madsen MAJ, Wiggermann V, Christiansen L, Povazan M, Lundell H, Puonti O, Christensen JR, Sellebjerg FT, Siebner HR (2023), unknown publication 1efe3bb5-00fc-4adf-950b-e688a90ede93

Christiansen L, Trolle Bonnesen M, Beck MM, Siebner HR (2022), unknown publication 8c16f16c-aeac-4c47-a957-a72192ad3061

Christiansen L, Trolle Bonnesen M, Beck MM, Siebner HR (2022), unknown publication 9ff672f6-1c62-42f6-9000-e3a8e2d03814

Bonnesen MT, Fuglsang SA, Siebner HR, Christiansen L (2022), 'The recent history of afferent stimulation modulates corticospinal excitability', NeuroImage, 258:1-9

Moesgaard L, Beck MM, Christiansen L, Aagaard P, Lundbye-Jensen J (2022), unknown publication e3c847e2-d5de-4c3c-aec8-f0ae22cb21e7

Christiansen L, Trolle Bonnesen M, Beck MM, Siebner HR (2022), unknown publication e06586d0-b92d-43c4-aae2-018f5b0db395

Christiansen L, Siebner HR (2022), unknown publication b7a467d6-238e-4eee-8523-1c61ed3c17f4

Piil JF, Kingma B, Morris NB, Christiansen L, Ioannou LG, Flouris AD, Nybo L (2021), 'Proposed framework for forecasting heat-effects on motor-cognitive performance in the Summer Olympics', Temperature, 8(3):262-283

Christiansen L, Chen B, Lei Y, Urbin MA, Richardson MSA, Oudega M, Sandhu M, Rymer WZ, Trumbower RD, Mitchell GS, Perez MA (2020), 'Acute intermittent hypoxia boosts spinal plasticity in humans with tetraplegia', Experimental Neurology, 335:1-11

Christiansen L, Liu ML, Siebner HR (2021), unknown publication 231913ee-642a-40f1-a084-94adbd7e32d7

Trolle Bonnesen M, Siebner HR, Christiansen L (2021), 'The “stimulation context” alters the relative magnitude of short-latency afferent inhibition', Brain Stimulation, 14(6):1668

Morris NB, Piil JF, Christiansen L, Flouris AD, Nybo L (2020), 'Prolonged facemask use in the heat worsens dyspnea without compromising motor-cognitive performance', Temperature, 8(2):160-165

Christiansen L, Larsen MN, Madsen MJ, Grey MJ, Nielsen JB, Lundbye-Jensen J (2020), 'Long-term motor skill training with individually adjusted progressive difficulty enhances learning and promotes corticospinal plasticity', Scientific Reports, 10(1):1-15

Bikson M, Hanlon CA, Woods AJ, Gillick BT, Charvet L, Lamm C, Madeo G, Holczer A, Almeida J, Antal A, Ay MR, Baeken C, Blumberger DM, Campanella S, Camprodon J, Christiansen L, Colleen L, Crinion J, Fitzgerald P, Gallimberti L, Ghobadi-Azbari P, Ghodratitoostani I, Grabner R, Hartwigsen G, Hirata A, Kirton A, Knotkova H, Krupitsky E, Marangolo P, Nakamura-Palacios EM, Potok W, Praharaj SK, Ruff CC, Schlaug G, Siebner HR, Stagg CJ, Thielscher A, Wenderoth N, Yuan T, Zhang X, Ekhtiari H (2020), 'Guidelines for TMS/tES Clinical Services and Research through the COVID-19 Pandemic', Brain Stimulation, 13(4):1124-1149

Beck MM, Grandjean MU, Hartmand S, Spedden ME, Christiansen L, Roig M, Lundbye-Jensen J (2020), 'Acute exercise protects newly formed motor memories against rTMS-induced interference targeting primary motor cortex', Neuroscience, 436:110-121

Piil JF, Christiansen L, Morris NB, Mikkelsen CJ, Ioannou LG, Flouris AD, Lundbye-Jensen J, Nybo L (2020), 'Direct exposure of the head to solar heat radiation impairs motor-cognitive performance', Scientific Reports, 10(1):1-10

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