{
  "id": 16193862,
  "title": "Testosterone may help new brain cells survive, and timing could matter",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/testosterone-may-help-new-brain-cells-survive-and-timing-could-matter",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-23T14:00:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PsyPost",
    "slug": "psypost",
    "url": "https://www.psypost.org/testosterone-may-help-new-brain-cells-survive-and-timing-could-matter/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In castrated male rats, a month of testosterone injections boosted the survival of newly born neurons in the hippocampus. Two weeks of injections given later in the cells’ development helped in the spatial-memory region, while earlier injections did not.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}