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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 14041
29 Oct 2026, 11:31 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCOPS6 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered75bbddf272bb69a6
discovery+0.36 p=0.336 n=9
replication-0.49 p=0.181 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.36, p 0.336)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 14041: COPS6 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.03 (p 0.901, n 18), 95% CI -0.49 to +0.44. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.03 (p 0.901, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.01 (p 0.983, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.16 to +0.10, sign flips 7; without severely affected donors -0.03 (p 0.901, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for COPS6 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.