{"id":236832,"date":"2026-05-09T06:55:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T11:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/how-brain-cells-compete-to-shape-our-minds-from-development-to-aging"},"modified":"2026-05-09T06:55:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T11:55:24","slug":"how-brain-cells-compete-to-shape-our-minds-from-development-to-aging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/how-brain-cells-compete-to-shape-our-minds-from-development-to-aging","title":{"rendered":"How brain cells compete to shape our minds from development to aging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/how-brain-cells-compete-to-shape-our-minds-from-development-to-aging2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a recently published review, researchers led by Prof. Wu Qingfeng at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences explored the ongoing process of neural cell competition (NCC), a fundamental mechanism that shapes the brain across the lifespan.<\/p>\n<p>The review is <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/nsr\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/nsr\/nwaf057\/8026888\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in <i>National Science Review<\/i>, and provides fresh insights into how <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/brain+cells\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">brain cells<\/a> continuously \u201ccompete\u201d for survival and how this competition impacts brain development, wiring, function, and aging.<\/p>\n<p>Although neural cell competition is widely recognized for its role during early <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/brain+development\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">brain development<\/a>, Prof. Wu\u2019s team demonstrated that this process continues to be vital throughout life. They revealed that NCC not only helps maintain healthy brain function but also contributes to <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/age-related+cognitive+decline\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">age-related cognitive decline<\/a> when disrupted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recently published review, researchers led by Prof. Wu Qingfeng at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences explored the ongoing process of neural cell competition (NCC), a fundamental mechanism that shapes the brain across the lifespan. The review is published in National Science Review, and provides fresh [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,412,269,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biological","category-genetics","category-life-extension","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}