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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5379
21 Oct 2026, 13:59 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSH3PXD2B in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered1604d45cfecf0e07
discovery-0.55 p=0.128 n=9
replication-0.17 p=0.663 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.55, p 0.128)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 5379: SH3PXD2B in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.32 (p 0.191, n 18), 95% CI -0.69 to +0.17. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.29 (p 0.246, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.39 (p 0.109, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.53 to -0.25, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.32 (p 0.191, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SH3PXD2B in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.