Current position:
Post doc. at Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Copenhagen and DRCMR
Sensorimotor integration groupleader at DRCMR
Education:
M.Sc. in Engineering Physics, from the Technical University of Denmark
Ph.d. from Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Copenhagen and DRCMR
Research groups:
Funtional activation/fMRI group
Sensorimotor integration Group
Main research interest:
Currently I am working on my project entitled: "The mechanisms of sensory and motor illusion", in which I would like to investigate the difference between actual and illusory sensory perception and movement perception. These are conditions where there is a discrepancy between how the subject actually is stimualted/moving and how the stimulation/movement is perceived. I primarily work with functional MRI and transcranial magnetic stimulation.
Other research interest(s):
I am also interested in human consciousness and the question of free will in relation to voluntary movements. Furthermore I have strong interest in art and literature in relation to the underlying neural mechanism providing us with an experience of pleasure when watching works of art. Finally, I have a strong interest in connectivity of the brain and how it possible to experimentally study causal interaction in the brain.
Selected publications:
Christensen MS, Lundbye-Jensen J, Grey MJ, Vejlby AD, Belhage B, Nielsen JB
Illusory sensation of movement induced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
PLoS ONE 2010 5(10): e13301
(Read the article )
Lundell H, Christensen MS, Barthelemy D, Willerslev-Olsen M, Biering-Sørensen F, Nielsen JB
Cerebral activation is correlated to regional atrophy of the spinal cord and functional motor disability in spinal cord injured individuals.
NeuroImage (In press)
Nielsen SDI, Christensen MS, Vingborg RJ, Sinkjær T, Roepstorff A, Grey MJ
Interaction of electrical stimulation and voluntary hand movement in SII and the cerebellum during simulated therapeutic Functional Electrical Stimulation in healthy adults.
Hum Brain Map (In press)
Christensen MS, Kristensen L, Rowe JB, Nielsen JB (2008)
Action-blindsight in healthy subjects after transcranial magnetic stimulation
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105(4): 1353-1357
(Read the article )
Christensen MS, Lundbye-Jensen J, Geertsen SS, Petersen TH, Paulson OB, Nielsen JB (2007)
Premotor cortex modulates somatosensory cortex during voluntary movements without prioprioceptive feedback.
Nature Neuroscience 10:417-419
(Read the article)
Christensen MS, Jensen JL, Petersen NT, Geertsen SS, Paulson OB, Nielsen JB (2007)
Watching your foot move - an fMRI study of visuomotor interactions during foot movements.
Cerebral Cortex 17(8): 1906-1917
(Read the article )
Christensen MS, Ramsøy TZ, Lund TE, Madsen KH, Rowe JB (2006)
An fMRI study of the neural correlates of graded visual perception.
NeuroImage 31:1711-1725
(Read the article )
Christensen MS
Bevægelse og bevidsthed: Hvordan ved vi, at vi bevæger os?
(in: Hjernen i bevægelse (red: Bøgeskov J, Ellemann K, Nielsen JB))
HjerneForum 2009, p. 114-121
(Order the book )
Ramsøy TZ, Liptrot MG, Skimminge A, Lund TE, Sidaros K, Christensen MS, Barré W, Paulson OB, Jernigan TL
Regional activation of the human medial temporal lobe during intentional encoding of objects and position
NeuroImage 47(4): 1863-1872
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Zuur AT, Christensen MS, Sinkjær T, Grey MJ, Nielsen JB (2009)
Tibialis anterior stretch reflex in early stance is suppressed by repetitive TMS
Journal of Physiology 587.8 : 1669-1676
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Kirk U, Skov M, Hulme O, Christensen MS, Zeki S (2009)
Modulation of aesthetic value by semantic context: An fMRI study
NeuroImage 44(3):1125-1132
(Read the article )
Kirk U, Skov M, Christensen MS, Nygaard N (2009)
Brain correlates of aesthetic expertise: a parametric fMRI study
Brain and Cognition 69(2): 306-315
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Rowe JB, Sakai K, Lund TE, Ramsøy T, Christensen MS, Baare WF, Paulson OB, Passingham RE (2007)
Is the prefrontal cortex necessary for establishing cognitive sets?
Journal of Neurosci 27(48):13303-10
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Nielsen FA, Christensen MS, Madsen KH, Lund TE, Hansen LK (2006)
fMRI Neuroinformatics.
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine 25(2):112-119
Curriculum vitae:
Post doc.
DRCMR and Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Jan. 2008 - Now
PhD-student
DRCMR and Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Nov. 2004 - Nov. 2007
Research assistant
DRCMR
Jul. 2004 - Oct. 2004
Research assistant
Quantum Protein Centre, Department of Physics, DTU
Mar. 2004 - Jun. 2004
M.Sc. in Engineering Physics
Department of Physics, DTU and DRCMR
Feb. 2004 |
