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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 15908
31 Oct 2026, 05:24 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionABCA8 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredbc47477918fba5e3
discovery+0.16 p=0.689 n=9
replication+0.57 p=0.109 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.16, p 0.689)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 15908: ABCA8 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.43 (p 0.074, n 18), 95% CI -0.04 to +0.75. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.43 (p 0.074, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.36 (p 0.137, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.36 to +0.56, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.43 (p 0.074, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ABCA8 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.