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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 16213
31 Oct 2026, 12:11 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionBRWD1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered1735895f9fd060bb
discovery+0.41 p=0.278 n=9
replication+0.21 p=0.588 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.41, p 0.278)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 16213: BRWD1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.38 (p 0.118, n 18), 95% CI -0.10 to +0.72. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.37 (p 0.135, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.48 (p 0.044, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.30 to +0.53, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.38 (p 0.118, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for BRWD1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.