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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5736
21 Oct 2026, 21:46 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSRPK2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered9dbac1654724cbc2
discovery+0.25 p=0.517 n=9
replication+0.18 p=0.639 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.25, p 0.517)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 5736: SRPK2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.13 (p 0.621, n 18), 95% CI -0.36 to +0.56. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.14 (p 0.579, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.22 (p 0.384, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.01 to +0.24, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.13 (p 0.621, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SRPK2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.