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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7138
23 Oct 2026, 03:34 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMTR in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered3037a6e736feb26e
discovery+0.64 p=0.063 n=9
replication-0.28 p=0.473 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.64, p 0.063)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 7138: MTR in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.10 (p 0.696, n 18), 95% CI -0.39 to +0.54. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.08 (p 0.741, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.05 (p 0.834, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.04 to +0.21, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors +0.10 (p 0.696, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MTR in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.