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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1828
18 Oct 2026, 07:28 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPPP2R5C in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb46c97e2c0028aa0
discovery+0.41 p=0.273 n=9
replication-0.60 p=0.089 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.41, p 0.273)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 1828: PPP2R5C in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.07 (p 0.794, n 18), 95% CI -0.52 to +0.41. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.02 (p 0.949, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.05 (p 0.834, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.21 to +0.06, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors -0.07 (p 0.794, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PPP2R5C in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.