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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7323
23 Oct 2026, 07:39 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPLD2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered831c0978884a20b4
discovery-0.02 p=0.964 n=9
replication-0.29 p=0.456 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.02, p 0.964)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 7323: PLD2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.18 (p 0.476, n 18), 95% CI -0.60 to +0.31. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.17 (p 0.504, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.41 (p 0.089, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.29 to -0.06, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.18 (p 0.476, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PLD2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.