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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 12945
28 Oct 2026, 10:53 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTEKT1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered3900a85e022d3c86
discovery+0.69 p=0.038 n=9
replication+0.39 p=0.299 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
did not replicate (discovery +0.69 p 0.038; held-out +0.39 p 0.299)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 12945: TEKT1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.45 (p 0.062, n 18), 95% CI -0.02 to +0.76. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.45 (p 0.062, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.58 (p 0.012, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.37 to +0.55, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.45 (p 0.062, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TEKT1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.