DrBryony Winters

Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology

Faculty of Medicine and Health

RESEARCH INTERESTs

Dr Winters is interested in understanding changes to neuronal communication between brain regions that have been implicated in chronic pain and addiction disorders. The Winters Lab has specific expertise in electrophysiology and optogenetic techniques and apply these techniques to understand how synaptic transmission and synaptic plasticty is regulated and altered in neuronal circuits that influence pain and addictive behaviours.

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    FMH Bright Ideas Grant 2025
    Faculty of Medicine and Health1 Jan 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Winters B
  • GRANT
    Incubation of craving for alcohol: Is exercise a viable intervention?
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jul 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Winters B
  • GRANT
    Where do sleep and pain circuits overlap in the brain?
    Office of Global Engagement1 Jan 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Winters B,
    • Xu W,
    • Bagley E,
    • wANG L,
    • Otsu Y