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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 11722
27 Oct 2026, 08:08 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTP53BP1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered506aa8c2f21e8b58
discovery-0.14 p=0.716 n=9
replication+0.19 p=0.621 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.14, p 0.716)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 11722: TP53BP1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.09 (p 0.728, n 18), 95% CI -0.53 to +0.40. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.11 (p 0.658, 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 0.827, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.23 to +0.02, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors -0.09 (p 0.728, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TP53BP1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.