PMID- 29277490 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190122 LR - 20190122 IS - 1873-7064 (Electronic) IS - 0028-3908 (Linking) VI - 145 IP - Pt A DP - 2019 Feb TI - Gene-environment interactions informing therapeutic approaches to cognitive and affective disorders. PG - 37-48 LID - S0028-3908(17)30636-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.12.038 [doi] AB - Gene-environment interactions drive experience-dependent changes in the brain that alter cognition, emotion and behaviour. Positive engagement with the environment, through novel experience and physical activity, can improve brain function, although the mechanisms mediating such experience-dependent plasticity remain to be fully elucidated. In this article, we discuss the therapeutic value of environmental stimuli, exercise and environmental enrichment (EE), for cognitive and affective disorders, with implications for the understanding and treatment of depression and anxiety disorders. We demonstrate that environmental manipulations are potential therapeutic strategies for improving outcomes in these psychiatric disorders, including beneficial impacts on cognition. We discuss how EE and exercise are therapeutic environmental interventions impacting both affective and cognitive function. Serotonergic (5-HTergic) signaling is strongly implicated in the manifestation of psychiatric disorders and regulates cognitive and emotional processing that can underpin them. Thus, we focus on evidence implicating the serotonergic system in mediating gene-environment interactions to EE and exercise. Finally, we discuss robust gene-environment interactions associated with EE and exercise interventions, and their impacts on specific brain areas, particularly the hippocampus. We focus on potential mediators of this experience-dependent plasticity, including adult neurogenesis and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Furthermore, we explore molecular and cellular mechanisms of experience-dependent plasticity that potentially underlie the restoration of affective and cognitive phenotypes, thus identifying novel therapeutic targets. This article is part of the Special Issue entitled "Neurobiology of Environmental Enrichment". CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Rogers, Jake AU - Rogers J AD - Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne Brain Centre, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia. FAU - Renoir, Thibault AU - Renoir T AD - Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne Brain Centre, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia. FAU - Hannan, Anthony J AU - Hannan AJ AD - Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne Brain Centre, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia; Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia. Electronic address: anthony.hannan@florey.edu.au. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20171224 PL - England TA - Neuropharmacology JT - Neuropharmacology JID - 0236217 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cognition Disorders/*genetics/metabolism/*therapy MH - Environment MH - Exercise Therapy MH - Gene-Environment Interaction MH - Humans MH - Mood Disorders/*genetics/metabolism/*therapy OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cerebral cortex OT - Cognitive disorders OT - Cognitive stimulation OT - Environmental enrichment OT - Exercise OT - Experience-dependent plasticity OT - Hippocampus OT - Mouse models OT - Neurological diseases OT - Physical activity OT - Psychiatric disorders OT - Serotonin EDAT- 2017/12/27 06:00 MHDA- 2019/01/23 06:00 CRDT- 2017/12/27 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/12/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/12/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/12/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/01/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/12/27 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0028-3908(17)30636-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.12.038 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuropharmacology. 2019 Feb;145(Pt A):37-48. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.12.038. Epub 2017 Dec 24.