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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 11903
27 Oct 2026, 12:07 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionZEB2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereddb25998b6514f17f
discovery+0.26 p=0.499 n=9
replication-0.43 p=0.251 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.26, p 0.499)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 11903: ZEB2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.12 (p 0.627, n 18), 95% CI -0.56 to +0.36. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.13 (p 0.609, 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 0.814, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.26 to -0.02, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.12 (p 0.627, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ZEB2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.