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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1637
18 Oct 2026, 02:50 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPRR16 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered283e185bc78f663c
discovery+0.75 p=0.020 n=9
replication-0.11 p=0.778 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
did not replicate (discovery +0.75 p 0.020; held-out -0.11 p 0.778)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 1637: PRR16 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.47 (p 0.051, n 18), 95% CI -0.00 to +0.77. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.46 (p 0.056, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.53 (p 0.022, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.39 to +0.62, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.47 (p 0.051, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PRR16 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.