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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1131
17 Oct 2026, 15:13 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGRIK5 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered1225e94ec0e62e8f
discovery-0.20 p=0.613 n=9
replication-0.80 p=0.010 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.20, p 0.613)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 1131: GRIK5 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.31 (p 0.204, n 18), 95% CI -0.68 to +0.18. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.31 (p 0.204, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.51 (p 0.029, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.44 to -0.22, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.31 (p 0.204, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GRIK5 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.