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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4611
20 Oct 2026, 21:25 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPPARD in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredcb448648cbf4f9e2
discovery+0.29 p=0.456 n=9
replication-0.34 p=0.373 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.29, p 0.456)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 4611: PPARD in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.11 (p 0.671, n 18), 95% CI -0.55 to +0.38. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.10 (p 0.683, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.41 (p 0.095, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.21 to +0.02, sign flips 4; without severely affected donors -0.11 (p 0.671, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PPARD in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.