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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4486
20 Oct 2026, 18:38 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionARRB1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered09bb1b5281de1cab
discovery-0.36 p=0.348 n=9
replication-0.74 p=0.023 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.36, p 0.348)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 4486: ARRB1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.53 (p 0.022, n 18), 95% CI -0.80 to -0.09. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.52 (p 0.027, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.58 (p 0.013, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.63 to -0.47, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.53 (p 0.022, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ARRB1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.