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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 13248
28 Oct 2026, 17:43 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionELOVL5 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredd75054c2950a17ff
discovery-0.04 p=0.925 n=9
replication+0.37 p=0.323 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.04, p 0.925)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 13248: ELOVL5 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.05 (p 0.840, n 18), 95% CI -0.43 to +0.51. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.06 (p 0.807, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.02 (p 0.928, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.07 to +0.15, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors +0.05 (p 0.840, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ELOVL5 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.