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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7977
23 Oct 2026, 22:20 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionIL17D in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered136d1c07692a0f3d
discovery-0.17 p=0.654 n=9
replication-0.33 p=0.386 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.17, p 0.654)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 7977: IL17D in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.32 (p 0.201, n 18), 95% CI -0.68 to +0.18. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.39 (p 0.109, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.39 (p 0.107, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.48 to -0.23, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.32 (p 0.201, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for IL17D in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.