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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 15509
30 Oct 2026, 21:16 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionVIL1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered8ed73850774d77ba
discovery-0.31 p=0.414 n=9
replication-0.23 p=0.560 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.31, p 0.414)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 15509: VIL1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.32 (p 0.201, n 18), 95% CI -0.68 to +0.18. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.33 (p 0.179, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.45 (p 0.063, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.39 to -0.22, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.32 (p 0.201, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for VIL1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.