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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 12187
27 Oct 2026, 18:24 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionAFF3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered22f3151e094563e2
discovery+0.22 p=0.576 n=9
replication+0.50 p=0.173 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 12187: AFF3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.34 (p 0.170, n 18), 95% CI -0.15 to +0.70. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.40 (p 0.103, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.36 (p 0.140, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.23 to +0.48, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.34 (p 0.170, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for AFF3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.