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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1318
17 Oct 2026, 19:59 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPKN1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered99a291f98f078f14
discovery-0.59 p=0.098 n=9
replication-0.68 p=0.042 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.59, p 0.098)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 1318: PKN1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.64 (p 0.0040, n 18), 95% CI -0.85 to -0.25. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.68 (p 0.0020, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.69 (p 0.0014, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.75 to -0.60, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.64 (p 0.0040, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PKN1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.