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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3316
19 Oct 2026, 17:14 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPDE6H in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered13a3340fabc284a8
discovery-0.18 p=0.646 n=9
replication+0.75 p=0.019 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.18, p 0.646)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 3316: PDE6H in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.14 (p 0.591, n 18), 95% CI -0.35 to +0.57. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.08 (p 0.754, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.08 (p 0.754, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.06 to +0.28, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.14 (p 0.591, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PDE6H in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.