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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 13302
28 Oct 2026, 19:01 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCACNG8 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda55c85b6e89bb887
discovery+0.16 p=0.680 n=9
replication-0.09 p=0.825 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.16, p 0.680)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 13302: CACNG8 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.12 (p 0.646, n 18), 95% CI -0.55 to +0.37. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.09 (p 0.722, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.08 (p 0.761, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.29 to -0.01, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.12 (p 0.646, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CACNG8 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.