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18 Oct 2026, 18:20 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCHRNB2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredf6b67e5e08e04615
discovery-0.43 p=0.247 n=9
replication-0.17 p=0.663 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.43, p 0.247)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 2276: CHRNB2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.28 (p 0.261, n 18), 95% CI -0.66 to +0.22. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.22 (p 0.374, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.30 (p 0.232, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.43 to -0.19, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.28 (p 0.261, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CHRNB2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.