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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 16785
01 Nov 2026, 01:00 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionDUSP18 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredfa20befe70c22201
discovery-0.29 p=0.442 n=9
replication-0.50 p=0.173 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.29, p 0.442)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT35f3e959b8015ccadb33c9a7…
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receipt 16785: DUSP18 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.32 (p 0.198, n 18), 95% CI -0.68 to +0.17. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.27 (p 0.285, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.26 (p 0.302, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.51 to -0.22, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.32 (p 0.198, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for DUSP18 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.