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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2269
18 Oct 2026, 18:12 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGOT2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered4d648a734fb32637
discovery-0.16 p=0.672 n=9
replication+0.20 p=0.613 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.16, p 0.672)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 2269: GOT2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.09 (p 0.709, n 18), 95% CI -0.54 to +0.39. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.08 (p 0.754, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.09 (p 0.728, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.20 to +0.02, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors -0.09 (p 0.709, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GOT2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.