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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9048
24 Oct 2026, 21:46 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTUBA4A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered2f06358e0028a63a
discovery-0.11 p=0.775 n=9
replication+0.19 p=0.618 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.11, p 0.775)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 9048: TUBA4A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.08 (p 0.741, n 18), 95% CI -0.53 to +0.40. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.14 (p 0.567, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.05 (p 0.847, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.24 to +0.04, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors -0.08 (p 0.741, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TUBA4A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.