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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6811
22 Oct 2026, 21:02 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionATXN10 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereddec58e8fe756c2fa
discovery-0.26 p=0.493 n=9
replication+0.47 p=0.197 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.26, p 0.493)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 6811: ATXN10 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.04 (p 0.861, n 18), 95% CI -0.43 to +0.50. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.09 (p 0.728, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.06 (p 0.807, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.07 to +0.17, sign flips 4; without severely affected donors +0.04 (p 0.861, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ATXN10 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.