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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5632
21 Oct 2026, 19:26 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionRHBDF1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered8b9147f98afd0f43
discovery-0.19 p=0.626 n=9
replication-0.25 p=0.520 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.19, p 0.626)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 5632: RHBDF1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.34 (p 0.167, n 18), 95% CI -0.70 to +0.15. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.41 (p 0.089, 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 -0.48 to -0.25, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.34 (p 0.167, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for RHBDF1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.