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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 12052
27 Oct 2026, 15:31 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNMB in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered1bac866776ea0e51
discovery-0.22 p=0.576 n=9
replication-0.11 p=0.784 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.22, p 0.576)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 12052: NMB in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.13 (p 0.615, n 18), 95% CI -0.56 to +0.36. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.14 (p 0.591, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.21 (p 0.393, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.26 to -0.01, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.13 (p 0.615, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NMB in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.