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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2739
19 Oct 2026, 04:04 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionRAB35 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredd0af27f36b27fd8a
discovery-0.33 p=0.393 n=9
replication-0.69 p=0.042 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.33, p 0.393)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 2739: RAB35 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.48 (p 0.043, n 18), 95% CI -0.77 to -0.02. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.50 (p 0.034, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.65 (p 0.0034, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.57 to -0.42, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.48 (p 0.043, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for RAB35 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.