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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 12738
28 Oct 2026, 06:15 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionZKSCAN7 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered8ae2b66d5d5a2ff3
discovery-0.18 p=0.639 n=9
replication+0.54 p=0.130 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.18, p 0.639)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 12738: ZKSCAN7 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.18 (p 0.487, n 18), 95% CI -0.32 to +0.59. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.15 (p 0.555, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.23 (p 0.369, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.07 to +0.27, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.18 (p 0.487, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ZKSCAN7 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.