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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 17226
01 Nov 2026, 10:03 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMEAF6 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb186fbfe2327a3d1
discovery-0.09 p=0.821 n=9
replication-0.07 p=0.855 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.09, p 0.821)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 17226: MEAF6 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.09 (p 0.735, n 18), 95% CI -0.53 to +0.40. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.12 (p 0.646, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.01 (p 0.983, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.20 to +0.06, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors -0.09 (p 0.735, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MEAF6 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.