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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 12444
28 Oct 2026, 00:27 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSPAST in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered84dbd3c22bff0111
discovery-0.09 p=0.820 n=9
replication+0.35 p=0.362 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.09, p 0.820)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 12444: SPAST in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.01 (p 0.976, n 18), 95% CI -0.47 to +0.46. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.02 (p 0.935, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.17 (p 0.509, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.13 to +0.11, sign flips 8; without severely affected donors -0.01 (p 0.976, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SPAST in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.