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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2149
18 Oct 2026, 15:16 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionANKRD55 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered8c89fa30d62393cd
discovery-0.11 p=0.785 n=9
replication-0.44 p=0.240 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.11, p 0.785)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 2149: ANKRD55 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.30 (p 0.221, n 18), 95% CI -0.67 to +0.19. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.36 (p 0.137, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.46 (p 0.055, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.42 to -0.22, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.30 (p 0.221, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ANKRD55 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.