Sofus Alexander Drejer Nygaard

PhD student

Research Interests

The physiology underlying fatigue in multiple sclerosis, and how to alleviate this. In particular using neuroplastic brain stimulation to alter neural network dysfunction.

Employments

2023 – Present

PhD student at DRCMR

2021 – 2023

Research Assistant, DRCMR

2021 – 2022

1st year specialty training in neurology, Neurological Department, Nordsjællands Hospital Hillerød

2020 – 2021

Resident, Neurological Department, Nordsjællands Hospital Hillerød & GP, Helsingør

2020 – 2020

Resident, Psychiatric Center Ballerup

Education

2020

MSc in Medicine, University of Copenhagen

2017

BSc in Medicine, University of Copenhagen

Publications

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


Krohne LG, Nygaard S, Ottenheijm ME, Liu ML, Thielscher A, Siebner HR, Madsen KH (2025), 'Paired-pulse TMS of premotor cortex produces non-linear suppressive effects on neural activity in the targeted network - a TMS-fMRI study', NeuroImage, 322


Renn P, Madsen MAJ, Helms G, Nygaard S, Chow HH, Blinkenberg MB, Christensen JR, Sellebjerg FT, Siebner HR, Wiggermann V (2025), unknown publication 7911ec4b-9bd8-4766-8069-45ac1fead3aa


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


Renn P, Madsen MAJ, Helms G, Nygaard S, Chow HH, Blinkenberg MB, Christensen JR, Sellebjerg FT, Siebner HR, Wiggermann V (2025), unknown publication 9af20b53-80d7-4957-b743-73ea4b6d56f9


Renn P, Madsen MAJ, Helms G, Nygaard S, Chow HH, Blinkenberg MB, Christensen JR, Sellebjerg FT, Siebner HR, Wiggermann V (2025), unknown publication 569dd793-fdd8-4166-ac82-23ecebda65f5


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


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


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



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