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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 11917
27 Oct 2026, 12:26 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionDUSP4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered47fd6cfa89f81959
discovery-0.17 p=0.663 n=9
replication-0.51 p=0.160 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.17, p 0.663)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTb417beb5c23d9a0f244a5ab7…
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receipt 11917: DUSP4 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.28 (p 0.258, n 18), 95% CI -0.66 to +0.21. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.27 (p 0.285, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.40 (p 0.103, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.37 to -0.18, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.28 (p 0.258, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for DUSP4 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.