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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 14085
29 Oct 2026, 12:30 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionFAM221A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredcc15cb14954a496d
discovery+0.05 p=0.893 n=9
replication+0.26 p=0.493 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.05, p 0.893)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 14085: FAM221A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.05 (p 0.854, n 18), 95% CI -0.50 to +0.43. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.00 (p 0.997, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.03 (p 0.901, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.15 to +0.08, sign flips 4; without severely affected donors -0.05 (p 0.854, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for FAM221A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.