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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 14277
29 Oct 2026, 16:52 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionLTB4R in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredbb3163839a6ad209
discovery-0.37 p=0.321 n=9
replication-0.42 p=0.266 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.37, p 0.321)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 14277: LTB4R in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.38 (p 0.125, n 18), 95% CI -0.72 to +0.11. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.38 (p 0.118, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.46 (p 0.057, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.47 to -0.30, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.38 (p 0.125, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for LTB4R in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.