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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4687
20 Oct 2026, 23:10 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTBC1D2B in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered27bc7c114f4882ae
discovery+0.44 p=0.234 n=9
replication-0.53 p=0.146 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.44, p 0.234)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 4687: TBC1D2B in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.17 (p 0.493, n 18), 95% CI -0.59 to +0.32. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.16 (p 0.521, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.19 (p 0.450, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.31 to -0.07, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.17 (p 0.493, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TBC1D2B in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.