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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2840
19 Oct 2026, 06:27 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPDE3A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb1bdc9f09f3f47df
discovery+0.61 p=0.080 n=9
replication+0.21 p=0.581 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.61, p 0.080)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 2840: PDE3A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.36 (p 0.137, n 18), 95% CI -0.12 to +0.71. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.36 (p 0.137, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.33 (p 0.176, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.27 to +0.43, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.36 (p 0.137, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PDE3A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.