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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 12966
28 Oct 2026, 11:24 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTAAR5 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered55a788228456e778
discovery-0.10 p=0.802 n=9
replication-0.33 p=0.385 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.10, p 0.802)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 12966: TAAR5 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.34 (p 0.167, n 18), 95% CI -0.70 to +0.15. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.29 (p 0.239, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.54 (p 0.021, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.49 to -0.26, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.34 (p 0.167, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TAAR5 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.