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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 12352
27 Oct 2026, 22:14 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNPC1L1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered9d1a359a64839622
discovery-0.18 p=0.646 n=9
replication-0.19 p=0.619 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.18, p 0.646)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 12352: NPC1L1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.27 (p 0.277, n 18), 95% CI -0.65 to +0.22. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.23 (p 0.351, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.43 (p 0.074, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.39 to -0.18, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.27 (p 0.277, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NPC1L1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.