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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2714
19 Oct 2026, 03:31 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionAPOD in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredaafed6ba4c769bff
discovery+0.37 p=0.321 n=9
replication-0.05 p=0.894 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.37, p 0.321)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 2714: APOD in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.09 (p 0.728, n 18), 95% CI -0.40 to +0.53. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.04 (p 0.861, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.40 (p 0.099, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.03 to +0.17, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors +0.09 (p 0.728, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for APOD in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.