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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1294
17 Oct 2026, 19:26 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionEPPK1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registerede69c8cc247930924
discovery-0.48 p=0.186 n=9
replication-0.37 p=0.329 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.48, p 0.186)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 1294: EPPK1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.44 (p 0.070, n 18), 95% CI -0.75 to +0.04. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.46 (p 0.054, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.53 (p 0.025, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.61 to -0.37, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.44 (p 0.070, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for EPPK1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.