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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3897
20 Oct 2026, 05:27 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionHCRTR2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered514bed53fd03b566
discovery+0.36 p=0.336 n=9
replication+0.66 p=0.053 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.36, p 0.336)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 3897: HCRTR2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.46 (p 0.057, n 18), 95% CI -0.01 to +0.76. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.46 (p 0.056, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.43 (p 0.077, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.38 to +0.63, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.46 (p 0.057, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for HCRTR2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.