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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5494
21 Oct 2026, 16:25 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGRM3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered46c5b059d0221505
discovery+0.48 p=0.186 n=9
replication+0.28 p=0.464 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.48, p 0.186)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 5494: GRM3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.36 (p 0.148, n 18), 95% CI -0.13 to +0.71. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.41 (p 0.089, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.47 (p 0.047, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.27 to +0.53, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.36 (p 0.148, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GRM3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.