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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4669
20 Oct 2026, 22:45 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionHSPB8 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
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discovery-0.26 p=0.502 n=9
replication+0.40 p=0.281 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.26, p 0.502)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 4669: HSPB8 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.09 (p 0.728, n 18), 95% CI -0.53 to +0.40. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.08 (p 0.761, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.03 (p 0.922, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.21 to +0.06, sign flips 2; 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 HSPB8 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.