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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0868
17 Oct 2026, 08:31 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionC2CD4A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered4e409b96bc322b0f
discovery-0.33 p=0.383 n=9
replication+0.42 p=0.266 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.33, p 0.383)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 0868: C2CD4A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.10 (p 0.690, n 18), 95% CI -0.38 to +0.54. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.18 (p 0.476, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.17 (p 0.509, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.03 to +0.21, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors +0.10 (p 0.690, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for C2CD4A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.