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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 13746
29 Oct 2026, 04:45 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionUSF2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered16c4b36ad176c004
discovery-0.27 p=0.485 n=9
replication-0.19 p=0.618 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.27, p 0.485)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 13746: USF2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.30 (p 0.232, n 18), 95% CI -0.67 to +0.20. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.30 (p 0.225, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.39 (p 0.109, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.49 to -0.20, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.30 (p 0.232, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for USF2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.