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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3788
20 Oct 2026, 03:01 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionATP8A2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered9a5cf96b9dedada9
discovery+0.53 p=0.145 n=9
replication+0.34 p=0.367 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.53, p 0.145)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 3788: ATP8A2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.36 (p 0.148, n 18), 95% CI -0.13 to +0.71. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.39 (p 0.111, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.43 (p 0.079, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.26 to +0.50, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.36 (p 0.148, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ATP8A2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.