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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 13339
28 Oct 2026, 19:49 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCOTL1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered6d52d46ffc8e51dc
discovery-0.56 p=0.116 n=9
replication-0.12 p=0.756 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.56, p 0.116)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 13339: COTL1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.40 (p 0.103, n 18), 95% CI -0.73 to +0.09. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.40 (p 0.103, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.48 (p 0.042, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.52 to -0.32, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.40 (p 0.103, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for COTL1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.