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20 Oct 2026, 22:12 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionKCNH2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda2b84cefe0da616a
discovery-0.41 p=0.273 n=9
replication-0.35 p=0.349 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.41, p 0.273)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 4644: KCNH2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.41 (p 0.093, n 18), 95% CI -0.73 to +0.07. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.42 (p 0.080, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.45 (p 0.059, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.55 to -0.34, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.41 (p 0.093, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for KCNH2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.