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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 13946
29 Oct 2026, 09:20 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGPX8 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredba2ec0e9c53f68b2
discovery+0.70 p=0.034 n=9
replication+0.36 p=0.336 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
did not replicate (discovery +0.70 p 0.034; held-out +0.36 p 0.336)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 13946: GPX8 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.46 (p 0.054, n 18), 95% CI -0.01 to +0.76. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.38 (p 0.116, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.38 (p 0.123, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.40 to +0.62, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.46 (p 0.054, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GPX8 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.