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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 17133
01 Nov 2026, 07:59 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionDGAT2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registerede2acccf555da05d3
discovery-0.21 p=0.591 n=9
replication-0.61 p=0.084 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.21, p 0.591)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTdbe896c32de7fbb522bbb766…
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receipt 17133: DGAT2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.45 (p 0.059, n 18), 95% CI -0.76 to +0.02. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.45 (p 0.059, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.58 (p 0.012, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.60 to -0.39, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.45 (p 0.059, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for DGAT2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.