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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 16907
01 Nov 2026, 02:59 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTCERG1L in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered9967f0e920a03fa1
discovery+0.11 p=0.787 n=9
replication-0.42 p=0.258 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.11, p 0.787)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 16907: TCERG1L in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.19 (p 0.455, n 18), 95% CI -0.60 to +0.31. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.14 (p 0.585, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.23 (p 0.360, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.34 to -0.09, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.19 (p 0.455, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TCERG1L in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.