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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3409
19 Oct 2026, 19:12 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPDE1C in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered3320908d6342351d
discovery-0.02 p=0.959 n=9
replication+0.52 p=0.150 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.02, p 0.959)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 3409: PDE1C in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.02 (p 0.949, n 18), 95% CI -0.45 to +0.48. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.02 (p 0.949, 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 0.976, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.13 to +0.10, sign flips 4; without severely affected donors +0.02 (p 0.949, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PDE1C in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.