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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1768
18 Oct 2026, 06:05 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCOPE in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredfb5dff8e71cc750d
discovery-0.13 p=0.735 n=9
replication-0.82 p=0.0068 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.13, p 0.735)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 1768: COPE in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.41 (p 0.091, n 18), 95% CI -0.74 to +0.07. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.44 (p 0.064, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.42 (p 0.086, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.50 to -0.34, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.41 (p 0.091, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for COPE in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.