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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3320
19 Oct 2026, 17:19 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionFOXA1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered90923d7aa0fa679e
discovery-0.21 p=0.586 n=9
replication-0.28 p=0.464 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.21, p 0.586)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 3320: FOXA1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.26 (p 0.298, n 18), 95% CI -0.65 to +0.24. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.23 (p 0.351, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.30 (p 0.225, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.42 to -0.16, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.26 (p 0.298, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for FOXA1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.