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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6234
22 Oct 2026, 08:09 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMSI2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered6b0b3411a30f5f41
discovery-0.38 p=0.316 n=9
replication-0.32 p=0.407 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.38, p 0.316)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 6234: MSI2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.27 (p 0.281, n 18), 95% CI -0.65 to +0.23. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.35 (p 0.156, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.56 (p 0.017, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.37 to -0.17, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.27 (p 0.281, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MSI2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.