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22 Oct 2026, 10:43 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionOLFM3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered1e8f00d13a88f1fa
discovery+0.55 p=0.122 n=9
replication+0.05 p=0.893 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.55, p 0.122)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 6353: OLFM3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.41 (p 0.089, n 18), 95% CI -0.07 to +0.74. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.41 (p 0.089, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.40 (p 0.101, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.33 to +0.59, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.41 (p 0.089, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for OLFM3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.