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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6854
22 Oct 2026, 22:00 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGSDME in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered3e6a4668f654e2c6
discovery+0.11 p=0.785 n=9
replication-0.49 p=0.181 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.11, p 0.785)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 6854: GSDME in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.17 (p 0.504, n 18), 95% CI -0.59 to +0.32. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.23 (p 0.355, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.32 (p 0.201, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.28 to -0.05, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.17 (p 0.504, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GSDME in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.