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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4310
20 Oct 2026, 14:40 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionDUSP1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredc08482d8d51cdff6
discovery-0.09 p=0.814 n=9
replication+0.02 p=0.964 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.09, p 0.814)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 4310: DUSP1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.10 (p 0.690, n 18), 95% CI -0.54 to +0.38. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.11 (p 0.677, 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 0.840, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.26 to +0.01, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors -0.10 (p 0.690, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for DUSP1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.