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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6091
22 Oct 2026, 04:59 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionALDH7A1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered95f717725d0a863b
discovery-0.28 p=0.472 n=9
replication+0.31 p=0.414 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.28, p 0.472)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 6091: ALDH7A1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.09 (p 0.715, n 18), 95% CI -0.39 to +0.54. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.13 (p 0.621, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.15 (p 0.544, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.02 to +0.25, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors +0.09 (p 0.715, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ALDH7A1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.