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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10492
26 Oct 2026, 04:37 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCHAC1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda5e70d6ac8b8ac3e
discovery-0.73 p=0.025 n=9
replication-0.41 p=0.276 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
did not replicate (discovery -0.73 p 0.025; held-out -0.41 p 0.276)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 10492: CHAC1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.63 (p 0.0049, n 18), 95% CI -0.85 to -0.23. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.62 (p 0.0060, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.74 (p 4.7e-4, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.76 to -0.59, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.63 (p 0.0049, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CHAC1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.