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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1218
17 Oct 2026, 17:31 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPPP2R3A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered7c00ec42f52f81f3
discovery-0.30 p=0.428 n=9
replication+0.39 p=0.297 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.30, p 0.428)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 1218: PPP2R3A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.20 (p 0.429, n 18), 95% CI -0.30 to +0.61. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.14 (p 0.585, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.19 (p 0.460, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.10 to +0.34, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.20 (p 0.429, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PPP2R3A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.