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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1673
18 Oct 2026, 03:42 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCACNB1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered504a21437df3ca5c
discovery-0.42 p=0.258 n=9
replication-0.21 p=0.586 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.42, p 0.258)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 1673: CACNB1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.54 (p 0.020, n 18), 95% CI -0.81 to -0.10. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.56 (p 0.016, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.72 (p 7.0e-4, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.67 to -0.48, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.54 (p 0.020, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CACNB1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.