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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6844
22 Oct 2026, 21:46 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCTLA4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered38827620fe9e0422
discovery-0.58 p=0.104 n=9
replication+0.34 p=0.373 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.58, p 0.104)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 6844: CTLA4 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.02 (p 0.949, n 18), 95% CI -0.48 to +0.45. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.11 (p 0.658, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.06 (p 0.820, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.14 to +0.10, sign flips 5; without severely affected donors -0.02 (p 0.949, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CTLA4 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.