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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 15256
30 Oct 2026, 15:35 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCACNA2D3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered836bfc5816dee806
discovery+0.40 p=0.285 n=9
replication+0.00 p=1.000 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.40, p 0.285)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 15256: CACNA2D3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.11 (p 0.652, n 18), 95% CI -0.37 to +0.55. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.11 (p 0.658, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.16 (p 0.521, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.01 to +0.21, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors +0.11 (p 0.652, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CACNA2D3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.