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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2875
19 Oct 2026, 07:17 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionKIF20B in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered4fdb68dfc02c386c
discovery-0.16 p=0.685 n=9
replication+0.45 p=0.227 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.16, p 0.685)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 2875: KIF20B in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.01 (p 0.983, n 18), 95% CI -0.46 to +0.47. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.01 (p 0.962, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.09 (p 0.735, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.14 to +0.15, sign flips 7; without severely affected donors +0.01 (p 0.983, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for KIF20B in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.