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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6733
22 Oct 2026, 19:18 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionBMP2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered5e1e43915b7c3446
discovery-0.12 p=0.760 n=9
replication-0.82 p=0.0068 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.12, p 0.760)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 6733: BMP2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.41 (p 0.093, n 18), 95% CI -0.73 to +0.07. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.34 (p 0.167, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.25 (p 0.315, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.58 to -0.34, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.41 (p 0.093, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for BMP2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.