In addition to these functions, a growing body of evidence supports an important role of Bmal1 in neurological disorders, especially psychiatric disorders (e.g., depression, schizophrenia) [3, 42] and neurodegenerative pathologies (e.g., Parkinson's syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, etc.)[4, 5, 7]. The gene discussed is BMAL1; the disease is schizophrenia.