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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1291
17 Oct 2026, 19:21 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGABRA5 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered8abc2d2e3939b305
discovery-0.49 p=0.186 n=9
replication-0.06 p=0.873 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.49, p 0.186)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 1291: GABRA5 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.24 (p 0.337, n 18), 95% CI -0.64 to +0.26. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.24 (p 0.337, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.28 (p 0.269, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.38 to -0.15, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.24 (p 0.337, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GABRA5 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.