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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 15322
30 Oct 2026, 17:03 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionIL34 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered845d4374c6f2e750
discovery-0.51 p=0.160 n=9
replication-0.19 p=0.630 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.51, p 0.160)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 15322: IL34 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.36 (p 0.148, n 18), 95% CI -0.71 to +0.13. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.31 (p 0.211, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.36 (p 0.140, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.50 to -0.27, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.36 (p 0.148, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for IL34 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.