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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7242
23 Oct 2026, 05:51 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTMPO in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda2710b1bc672e5cf
discovery+0.15 p=0.697 n=9
replication-0.81 p=0.0075 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.15, p 0.697)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 7242: TMPO in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.15 (p 0.561, n 18), 95% CI -0.57 to +0.34. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.16 (p 0.532, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.04 (p 0.867, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.29 to -0.08, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.15 (p 0.561, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TMPO in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.