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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1378
17 Oct 2026, 21:27 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNOD2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered0108b642e81e8c56
discovery-0.13 p=0.732 n=9
replication-0.28 p=0.459 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.13, p 0.732)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 1378: NOD2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.20 (p 0.418, n 18), 95% CI -0.61 to +0.29. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.22 (p 0.379, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.55 (p 0.018, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.30 to -0.10, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.20 (p 0.418, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NOD2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.