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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9405
25 Oct 2026, 05:21 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGPR68 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredf89e3be770b9cc67
discovery-0.47 p=0.197 n=9
replication-0.54 p=0.129 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.47, p 0.197)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 9405: GPR68 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.47 (p 0.047, n 18), 95% CI -0.77 to -0.01. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.44 (p 0.066, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.50 (p 0.034, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.59 to -0.41, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.47 (p 0.047, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GPR68 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.