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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 13493
28 Oct 2026, 23:30 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSMAD9 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereddbe40d1be73a665e
discovery-0.10 p=0.802 n=9
replication+0.28 p=0.459 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.10, p 0.802)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 13493: SMAD9 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.06 (p 0.827, n 18), 95% CI -0.42 to +0.51. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.00 (p 0.990, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.04 (p 0.867, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.06 to +0.21, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors +0.06 (p 0.827, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SMAD9 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.