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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2020
18 Oct 2026, 12:08 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionP4HA1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredc269f9925a6a56cd
discovery-0.21 p=0.581 n=9
replication+0.18 p=0.639 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.21, p 0.581)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 2020: P4HA1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.16 (p 0.526, n 18), 95% CI -0.58 to +0.33. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.25 (p 0.319, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.25 (p 0.310, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.30 to -0.06, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.16 (p 0.526, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for P4HA1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.