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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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Bladder mucosal afferents detect UTI and aid pathogen clearance
Tay, C., Sharma, H., Ramsay, S., Bourlotos, G., Manning, S. K., Stevens, N. E., Miller, S. J., Rogers, G. B., Lynn, D. J., Ryan, F. J., Harrington, A. M., Zagorodnyuk, V., Taylor, S. L. & Grundy, L., 11 Aug 2026, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 123, 32, e2604124123.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bortezomib-induced gastrointestinal dysfunction, peripheral neuropathy and neuroimmune signalling are influenced by the gut microbiota in mice
Scott, J. S., Munir, S., Lynn, M. A., Duggan, J. A., Castro, J., Harrington, A. M., Brierley, S. M., Schober, G., Cash, K., Gutschmidt, B., Hutchinson, M. R., Yong, A., Costello, S. P., Sikdar, S., Tangseefa, P., Hewett, D. R., Cross, C. B., Park, S. B., Ryan, F. J. & Zannettino, A. C. W. & 4 others, , Dec 2026, In: Journal of Neuroinflammation . 23, 1, 301.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Parasites trigger epithelial cell crosstalk to drive gut–brain signalling
Touhara, K. K., Xu, J., Castro, J., Liang, H. E., Li, G., Brizuela, M., Harrington, A. M., Garcia-Caraballo, S., O’Donnell, T., Neumann, D., Rossen, N. D., Deng, F., Schober, G., Li, Y., Locksley, R. M., Brierley, S. M. & Julius, D., 25 Mar 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Nature. 653, 8114, p. 465-473 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., 6 May 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 19, 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, e70211.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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