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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4255
20 Oct 2026, 13:23 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMYOC in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered9a99fe489af5aec6
discovery-0.45 p=0.227 n=9
replication-0.58 p=0.102 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.45, p 0.227)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 4255: MYOC in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.50 (p 0.036, n 18), 95% CI -0.78 to -0.04. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.55 (p 0.018, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.51 (p 0.031, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.68 to -0.43, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.50 (p 0.036, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MYOC in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.