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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6642
22 Oct 2026, 17:11 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTTR in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredc20dcb68c6d6fd92
discovery+0.37 p=0.329 n=9
replication+0.22 p=0.570 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.37, p 0.329)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 6642: TTR in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.18 (p 0.465, n 18), 95% CI -0.31 to +0.60. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.20 (p 0.434, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.02 (p 0.942, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.10 to +0.33, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.18 (p 0.465, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TTR in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.