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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7362
23 Oct 2026, 08:31 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMMP16 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered9f2c4ea789c5a2bb
discovery+0.22 p=0.567 n=9
replication+0.26 p=0.499 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.22, p 0.567)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 7362: MMP16 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.24 (p 0.332, n 18), 95% CI -0.25 to +0.64. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.22 (p 0.389, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.29 (p 0.243, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.15 to +0.39, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.24 (p 0.332, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MMP16 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.