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

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Bjørndal JR, Jespersen L, Beck MM, Karabanov AN, Christiansen L & Lundbye-Jensen J, Paired corticospinal-motoneuronal stimulation enhances ballistic motor learning and corticospinal plasticity in older adults

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vol 604, Issue 2, p. 936-954, (2025). DOI:10.1113/JP287204

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

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NeuroImage vol 319, 121446, (2025). DOI:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121446

Beck MM, Christiansen L, Madsen MAJ, Jadidi AF, Vinding MC, Thielscher A, Bergmann TO, Siebner HR & Tomasevic L, Transcranial magnetic stimulation of primary motor cortex elicits an immediate transcranial evoked potential

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Brain Stimulation vol 17, Issue 4, p. 802-812, (2024). DOI:10.1016/j.brs.2024.06.008

Bjørndal JR, Beck MM, Jespersen L, Christiansen L & Lundbye-Jensen J, Hebbian priming of human motor learning

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vol 15, Issue 1, p. 1-12, (2024). DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-49478-5

Kesselheim J, Takemi M, Christiansen L, Karabanov AN & Siebner HR, Multi-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation of human motor cortex produces short-latency corticomotor facilitation via two distinct mechanisms

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Journal of Neurophysiology vol 129, Issue 2, p. 410-420, (2023). DOI:10.1152/jn.00263.2022

Bonnesen MT, Fuglsang SA, Siebner HR & Christiansen L, The recent history of afferent stimulation modulates corticospinal excitability

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NeuroImage vol 258, p. 1-9, (2022). DOI:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119365

Piil JF, Kingma B, Morris NB, Christiansen L, Ioannou LG, Flouris AD & Nybo L, Proposed framework for forecasting heat-effects on motor-cognitive performance in the Summer Olympics

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Temperature vol 8, Issue 3, p. 262-283, (2021). DOI:10.1080/23328940.2021.1957367

Christiansen L, Chen B, Lei Y, Urbin MA, Richardson MSA, Oudega M, Sandhu M, Rymer WZ, Trumbower RD, Mitchell GS & Perez MA, Acute intermittent hypoxia boosts spinal plasticity in humans with tetraplegia

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vol 335, p. 1-11, (2020). DOI:10.1016/j.expneurol.2020.113483

Morris NB, Piil JF, Christiansen L, Flouris AD & Nybo L, Prolonged facemask use in the heat worsens dyspnea without compromising motor-cognitive performance

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Temperature vol 8, Issue 2, p. 160-165, (2020). DOI:10.1080/23328940.2020.1826840

Christiansen L, Larsen MN, Madsen MJ, Grey MJ, Nielsen JB & Lundbye-Jensen J, Long-term motor skill training with individually adjusted progressive difficulty enhances learning and promotes corticospinal plasticity

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vol 10, Issue 1, p. 1-15, (2020). DOI:10.1038/s41598-020-72139-8

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, Guidelines for TMS/tES Clinical Services and Research through the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Brain Stimulation vol 13, Issue 4, p. 1124-1149, (2020). DOI:10.1016/j.brs.2020.05.010

Beck MM, Grandjean MU, Hartmand S, Spedden ME, Christiansen L, Roig M & Lundbye-Jensen J, Acute exercise protects newly formed motor memories against rTMS-induced interference targeting primary motor cortex

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Neuroscience vol 436, p. 110-121, (2020). DOI:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.04.016

Piil JF, Christiansen L, Morris NB, Mikkelsen CJ, Ioannou LG, Flouris AD, Lundbye-Jensen J & Nybo L, Direct exposure of the head to solar heat radiation impairs motor-cognitive performance

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vol 10, Issue 1, p. 1-10, (2020). DOI:10.1038/s41598-020-64768-w

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