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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3493
19 Oct 2026, 21:03 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionOTUD3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered09f4f124ec9e04f6
discovery-0.61 p=0.084 n=9
replication-0.23 p=0.560 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.61, p 0.084)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT5a2b56e8b54e36d9f669167a…
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receipt 3493: OTUD3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.37 (p 0.127, n 18), 95% CI -0.72 to +0.11. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.40 (p 0.097, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.59 (p 0.0099, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.44 to -0.29, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.37 (p 0.127, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for OTUD3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.