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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 16768
01 Nov 2026, 00:38 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPRDM12 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredd5a145de702e426f
discovery-0.14 p=0.714 n=9
replication-0.02 p=0.964 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.14, p 0.714)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 16768: PRDM12 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.10 (p 0.690, n 18), 95% CI -0.54 to +0.38. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.13 (p 0.603, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.16 (p 0.521, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.27 to +0.02, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors -0.10 (p 0.690, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PRDM12 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.