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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6702
22 Oct 2026, 18:36 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionENG in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredc4cfee288b8d5342
discovery-0.20 p=0.603 n=9
replication+0.26 p=0.502 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.20, p 0.603)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 6702: ENG in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.05 (p 0.840, n 18), 95% CI -0.51 to +0.43. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.01 (p 0.983, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.08 (p 0.767, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.22 to +0.05, sign flips 4; without severely affected donors -0.05 (p 0.840, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ENG in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.