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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2522
18 Oct 2026, 23:53 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionBCL2L1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered590e3c0bd5cc451b
discovery-0.13 p=0.735 n=9
replication-0.21 p=0.586 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.13, p 0.735)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 2522: BCL2L1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.21 (p 0.398, n 18), 95% CI -0.62 to +0.28. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.27 (p 0.277, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.18 (p 0.482, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.36 to -0.11, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.21 (p 0.398, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for BCL2L1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.