Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
Dr. Harrington is a laboratory based research scientist, unravelling the spinal cord and brain circuits that receive and process sensory information from internal (visceral) organs. Such information is then used to identify remodelling within 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 industry funding. 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.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Localisation of excitatory transmission in the enteric nervous system, University of Melbourne
2003 → 2007
Award Date: 25 Mar 2008
Bachelor of Science (Honours), University of Melbourne
2000 → 2003
Award Date: 25 Mar 2003
External positions
Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
2024 → …
Senior Research Fellow, Flinders University
2017 → 2024
Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
2014 → 2017
Keywords
- Visceral Pain
- Neuroanatomy
- Spinal cord
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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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., 12 Feb 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Nature. 15650.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., 14 Oct 2023, In: Journal of Comparative Neurology. 532, 2, e25546.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus) -
Mechanisms of spinal cord plasticity in rodent models of acute and post-colitis visceral hypersensitivity
Harrington, A. M., 1 Jan 2023, Visceral Pain. Springer International Publishing, p. 183-196 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › 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., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Neurochemistry.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access8 Citations (Scopus) -
Translating colonic sensory afferent peripheral mechanosensitivity into the spinal cord dorsal horn
Harrington, A. M., 1 Jan 2023, Visceral Pain. Brierley, S. & Spencer, N. (eds.). Springer International Publishing, p. 161-181 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)