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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9765
25 Oct 2026, 13:20 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGABARAPL2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered3cc702872c7bc738
discovery-0.30 p=0.428 n=9
replication+0.57 p=0.108 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.30, p 0.428)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 9765: GABARAPL2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.08 (p 0.761, n 18), 95% CI -0.40 to +0.53. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.08 (p 0.761, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.21 (p 0.408, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.01 to +0.24, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors +0.08 (p 0.761, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GABARAPL2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.