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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6348
22 Oct 2026, 10:38 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPDLIM7 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered16d80beaaec80cac
discovery-0.37 p=0.324 n=9
replication-0.78 p=0.014 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.37, p 0.324)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 6348: PDLIM7 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.53 (p 0.023, n 18), 95% CI -0.80 to -0.09. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.55 (p 0.017, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.69 (p 0.0016, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.62 to -0.47, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.53 (p 0.023, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PDLIM7 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.