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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 13119
28 Oct 2026, 14:51 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMC4R in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered1135ec2abb23450c
discovery+0.26 p=0.493 n=9
replication-0.06 p=0.875 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.26, p 0.493)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 13119: MC4R in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.02 (p 0.935, n 18), 95% CI -0.45 to +0.48. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.05 (p 0.834, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.11 (p 0.671, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.10 to +0.14, sign flips 5; without severely affected donors +0.02 (p 0.935, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MC4R in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.