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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 12656
28 Oct 2026, 04:18 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionKIF20A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered759bae277d42ff88
discovery+0.27 p=0.474 n=9
replication-0.27 p=0.476 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.27, p 0.474)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 12656: KIF20A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.05 (p 0.834, n 18), 95% CI -0.51 to +0.42. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.03 (p 0.915, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.07 (p 0.787, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.19 to +0.07, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors -0.05 (p 0.834, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for KIF20A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.