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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 14897
30 Oct 2026, 06:13 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMATN4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered6a702cd3725cf233
discovery-0.57 p=0.109 n=9
replication+0.03 p=0.946 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.57, p 0.109)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 14897: MATN4 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.41 (p 0.095, n 18), 95% CI -0.73 to +0.08. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.40 (p 0.099, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.48 (p 0.046, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.57 to -0.33, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.41 (p 0.095, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MATN4 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.