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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 17100
01 Nov 2026, 07:18 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionKCTD13 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered90df1cdc7cc4c3a7
discovery-0.59 p=0.092 n=9
replication-0.46 p=0.217 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.59, p 0.092)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 17100: KCTD13 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.48 (p 0.045, n 18), 95% CI -0.77 to -0.01. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.53 (p 0.025, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.49 (p 0.040, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.57 to -0.40, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.48 (p 0.045, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for KCTD13 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.