NeuroscienceeLifePeer-reviewed
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.
DOI 10.7554/elife.92608.4