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Research Biography
Dr. Harrington's research is aimed at unravelling the spinal cord and brain circuits that receive sensory information from internal (visceral) organs. She then uses this information to identify remodelling of these circuits in disease states of chronic visceral pain. Her technical strengths are in in vitro and in vivo anatomy mapping, molecular localisation, microscopy and neurophysiology.
Her research is funded through the ARC and NHMRC and various industry projects. She has published her work in high-impact publications such as Nature Communications, Gastroenterology, Gut, Pain, Scientific Reports, JCI insights, Journal of Comparative Neuroscience and American Journal of Physiology.
As the Head of the Central Pathways Projects in the Visceral Pain Unit, located within the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), she leads a research team of 1 post-doc and students. There are PhD opportunities available.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Sites of excitatory neurotransmission in the enteric nervous system: an immunohistochemical study., University of Melbourne
Award Date: 19 Dec 2007
Bachelor of Science (Honours), University of Melbourne
Award Date: 31 Dec 2003
External positions
Faculty Research Fellow, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
Affiliate Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
Research Areas
- Medical biosciences
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Population imaging of enterochromaffin cell activity reveals regulation by somatostatin
Rossen, N. D., Touhara, K. K., Castro, J., Harrington, A. M., Caraballo, S. G., Deng, F., Li, Y., Brierley, S. M. & Julius, D., 13 May 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 19, 10 p., e2501525122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Splanchnic and Pelvic Spinal Afferent Pathways Relay Sensory Information From the Mouse Colorectum Into Distinct Brainstem Circuits
Wang, Q. Q., McGovern, A. E., Kyloh, M., Rychkov, G., Spencer, N. J., Mazzone, S. B., Brierley, S. M. & Harrington, A. M., Sept 2025, In: Journal of Neurochemistry. 169, 9, 31 p., e70211.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Topological segregation of stress sensors along the gut crypt–villus axis
Touhara, K. K., Rossen, N. D., Deng, F., Castro, J., Harrington, A. M., Chu, T., Garcia-Caraballo, S., Brizuela, M., O’Donnell, T., Xu, J., Cil, O., Brierley, S. M., Li, Y. & Julius, D., 17 Apr 2025, In: Nature. 640, 8059, p. 732-742 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparative localization of colorectal sensory afferent central projections in the mouse spinal cord dorsal horn and caudal medulla dorsal vagal complex
Wang, Q. Q., Caraballo, S. G., Rychkov, G., McGovern, A. E., Mazzone, S. B., Brierley, S. M. & Harrington, A. M., Feb 2024, In: Journal of Comparative Neurology. 532, 2, 32 p., e25546.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Peripheral and central neuroplasticity in a mouse model of endometriosis
Castro, J., Maddern, J., Erickson, A., Harrington, A. M. & Brierley, S. M., Nov 2024, In: Journal of Neurochemistry. 168, 11, p. 3777-3800 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile12 Citations (Scopus)74 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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ARC Discovery Project 2018 DP180101395
Harrington, A. (Recipient), Brierley, S. (Recipient), Mazzone, S. (Recipient) & Rychkov, G. (Recipient), 30 Mar 2018
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ARC Discovery Project 2022 DP220101269
Harrington, A. (Recipient), Brierley, S. (Recipient) & Grundy, L. (Recipient), 5 May 2022
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NHMRC Project Grant 2019 APP1156427
Spencer, N. (Recipient), Brierley, S. (Recipient), Zagorodnyuk, V. (Recipient) & Harrington, A. (Recipient), 2019
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