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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 16787
01 Nov 2026, 01:03 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPDK2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered823018a43ae29a05
discovery-0.37 p=0.323 n=9
replication-0.09 p=0.813 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.37, p 0.323)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTd813acbabb5dc6580341bf06…
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receipt 16787: PDK2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.18 (p 0.482, n 18), 95% CI -0.59 to +0.32. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.14 (p 0.579, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.29 (p 0.246, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.29 to -0.06, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.18 (p 0.482, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PDK2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.