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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 13532
29 Oct 2026, 00:24 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMTCP1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered0d2888da7df47227
discovery-0.46 p=0.214 n=9
replication+0.55 p=0.123 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.46, p 0.214)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT1e5168343abd141529bda376…
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receipt 13532: MTCP1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.11 (p 0.671, n 18), 95% CI -0.38 to +0.55. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.18 (p 0.476, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.18 (p 0.476, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.00 to +0.24, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.11 (p 0.671, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MTCP1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.