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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3159
19 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCAMK2A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered5138a95dc5a4cc18
discovery-0.55 p=0.122 n=9
replication-0.48 p=0.186 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.55, p 0.122)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 3159: CAMK2A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.46 (p 0.056, n 18), 95% CI -0.76 to +0.01. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.46 (p 0.056, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.54 (p 0.020, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.64 to -0.40, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.46 (p 0.056, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CAMK2A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.