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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 16256
31 Oct 2026, 13:06 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPLA1A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredc8b5ac69b9d70495
discovery-0.18 p=0.639 n=9
replication-0.49 p=0.181 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.18, p 0.639)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 16256: PLA1A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.29 (p 0.239, n 18), 95% CI -0.67 to +0.20. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.30 (p 0.232, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.53 (p 0.025, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.36 to -0.21, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.29 (p 0.239, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PLA1A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.