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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0845
17 Oct 2026, 08:01 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPHKG2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered144b7967c3d3f278
discovery-0.22 p=0.570 n=9
replication-0.21 p=0.586 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.22, p 0.570)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 0845: PHKG2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.28 (p 0.261, n 18), 95% CI -0.66 to +0.22. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.30 (p 0.225, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.32 (p 0.198, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.42 to -0.20, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.28 (p 0.261, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PHKG2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.