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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0580
17 Oct 2026, 02:31 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGAK in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered12d066b1ad5e3c2d
discovery-0.58 p=0.102 n=9
replication-0.34 p=0.375 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.58, p 0.102)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 0580: GAK in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.43 (p 0.074, n 18), 95% CI -0.75 to +0.04. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.46 (p 0.052, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.49 (p 0.037, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.65 to -0.37, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.43 (p 0.074, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GAK in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.