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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5295
21 Oct 2026, 12:08 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionALG13 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered80c58fa7e637a32a
discovery+0.05 p=0.893 n=9
replication-0.26 p=0.493 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.05, p 0.893)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 5295: ALG13 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.08 (p 0.767, n 18), 95% CI -0.52 to +0.41. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.02 (p 0.942, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.03 (p 0.894, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.23 to +0.05, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors -0.08 (p 0.767, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ALG13 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.