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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4936
21 Oct 2026, 04:23 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionLCLAT1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered687844a8894b9fec
discovery+0.27 p=0.487 n=9
replication+0.54 p=0.136 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.27, p 0.487)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 4936: LCLAT1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.43 (p 0.072, n 18), 95% CI -0.04 to +0.75. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.44 (p 0.067, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.41 (p 0.093, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.37 to +0.65, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.43 (p 0.072, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for LCLAT1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.