Circadian photoreceptor CRYPTOCHROME promotes wakefulness under short winter-like days via a GABAergic circuitry
Li-Xia Chen, Danya Tian, Chang Su, Luoying Zhang
The paper shows that cryptochrome (CRY) in fruit flies reduces GABAergic inhibition under short days, increasing wakefulness and mirroring SAD hypersomnolence.
eLife · Oct 8, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience