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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5083
21 Oct 2026, 07:39 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMUC5AC in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered8b38cb3b455295b3
discovery-0.35 p=0.362 n=9
replication-0.71 p=0.031 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.35, p 0.362)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 5083: MUC5AC in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.48 (p 0.043, n 18), 95% CI -0.77 to -0.02. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.48 (p 0.043, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.60 (p 0.0083, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.63 to -0.41, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.48 (p 0.043, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MUC5AC in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.