Laura Säisänen
Senior Researcher
Senior Researcher, project researcher (BP-Pain), Title of Docent in Experimental Neurophysiology
Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
laura.saisanen@uef.fi
My background is in biomedicine, which I studied at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, where I graduated 2005. At the beginning of 2006, I started as a research assistant at the newly initiated navigated TMS lab at Kuopio University Hospital, and since then I have had the privilege to work in numerous projects with different topics.
Currently, I am working in a project aiming to elucidate the neuroplastic capacity in osteoarthritis and recovery after operation.
My aim is to improve methods and practices in non-invasive brain stimulation.
Research groups
Publications
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Associations of physical fitness with cortical inhibition and excitation in adolescents and young adults
Skog, Hanna Mari; Määttä, Sara; Säisanen, Laura; Lakka, Timo A; Haapala, Eero A. 2024. Frontiers in neuroscience. 18: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Hyaluronic Acid and Large Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) in Synovial Fluid and Plasma of Patients With End-Stage Arthritis: Positive Association of EVs to Joint Pain
Mustonen, Anne-Mari; Capra, Janne; Oikari, Sanna; Säisänen, Laura; Karttunen, Lauri; Julkunen, Petro; Lehenkari, Petri; Joukainen, Antti; Jaroma, Antti; Paakkonen, Tommi; Kääriäinen, Tommi; Kröger, Heikki; Nieminen, Petteri. 2024. Cartilage. [Epub ahead of print 10 May 2024]: 1-12 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Tetraspanin profiles of serum extracellular vesicles reflect functional limitations and pain perception in knee osteoarthritis
Mustonen, Anne-Mari; Palviainen, Mari; Säisänen, Laura; Karttunen, Lauri; Tollis, Sylvain; Esrafilian, Amir; Reijonen, Jusa; Julkunen, Petro; Siljander, Pia R-M; Kröger, Heikki; Mäki, Jussi; Arokoski, Jari; Nieminen, Petteri. 2024. Arthritis research and therapy. 26: . 33 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The Effect of Stimulation Intensity, Sampling Frequency, and Sample Synchronization in TMS-EEG on the TMS Pulse Artifact Amplitude and Duration
Jamil, Zunaira; Säisänen, Laura; Demjan, Michal; Reijonen, Jusa; Julkunen, Petro. 2024. IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering. 32: 2612-2620 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Associations between physical fitness and cerebellar gray matter volume in adolescents
Jalanko, Petri; Säisänen, Laura; Kallioniemi, Elisa; Könönen, Mervi; Lakka, Timo A; Määttä, Sara; Haapala, Eero A. 2023. Scandinavian journal of medicine and science in sports. 2024; 34: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Detecting negative myoclonus during long-term home measurements using wearables
Sinokki, Aku; Säisänen, Laura; Hyppönen, Jelena; Silvennoinen, Katri; Kälviäinen, Reetta; Mervaala, Esa; Karjalainen, Pasi A; Rissanen, Saara M. 2023. Clinical neurophysiology. 156: 166-174 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Developmental models of motor-evoked potential features by transcranial magnetic stimulation across age groups from childhood to adulthood
Nguyen, Dao T A; Julkunen, Petro; Säisänen, Laura; Määttä, Sara; Rissanen, Saara M; Lintu, Niina; Könönen, Mervi; Lakka, Timo; Karjalainen, Pasi A. 2023. Scientific reports. 13: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Near-threshold recruitment characteristics of motor evoked potentials in transcranial magnetic stimulation
Demjan, Michal; Säisänen, Laura; Reijonen, Jusa; Rissanen, Saara; Määttä, Sara; Julkunen, Petro. 2023. Brain research. 1805: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Efficacy and tolerability in patients with chronic facial pain of two consecutive treatment periods of rTMS applied over the facial motor cortex, using protocols differing in stimulation frequency, duration, and train pattern
Säisänen, Laura; Huttunen, Jukka; Hyppönen, Jelena; Nissen, Mette; Kotiranta, Ulla; Mervaala, Esa; Fraunberg, Mikael von und zu. 2022. Neurophysiologie clinique-clinical neurophysiology. 52: 95-108 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Minimum-Norm Estimation of TMS-Activated Motor Cortical Sites in Realistic Head and Brain Geometry
Reijonen, Jusa; Säisänen, Laura; Pitkänen, Minna; Julkunen, Meri; Ilmoniemi, Risto J; Nieminen, Petteri; Julkunen, Petro. 2022. IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering. 30: 441-454 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research