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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 16428
31 Oct 2026, 17:03 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSPIN2B in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registerede5e2ece45dec86e8
discovery+0.55 p=0.125 n=9
replication-0.04 p=0.927 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.55, p 0.125)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 16428: SPIN2B 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: +0.04 (p 0.867, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.05 (p 0.840, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.00 to +0.26, sign flips 0; 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 SPIN2B in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.