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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 16838
01 Nov 2026, 02:09 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionIL4I1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered6deba4c76b7c51f0
discovery-0.61 p=0.084 n=9
replication-0.16 p=0.680 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.61, p 0.084)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 16838: IL4I1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.47 (p 0.050, n 18), 95% CI -0.77 to -0.00. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.43 (p 0.079, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.57 (p 0.014, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.55 to -0.40, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.47 (p 0.050, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for IL4I1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.