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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 13963
29 Oct 2026, 09:45 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMED6 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredaf5f62a2f3bbda71
discovery-0.01 p=0.982 n=9
replication+0.19 p=0.630 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.01, p 0.982)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 13963: MED6 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.09 (p 0.709, n 18), 95% CI -0.39 to +0.54. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.14 (p 0.573, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.20 (p 0.418, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.04 to +0.21, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors +0.09 (p 0.709, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MED6 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.