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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 13038
28 Oct 2026, 13:01 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionHPD in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered2870d3d00ebbff88
discovery-0.12 p=0.753 n=9
replication-0.54 p=0.133 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.12, p 0.753)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 13038: HPD in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.30 (p 0.232, n 18), 95% CI -0.67 to +0.20. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.29 (p 0.239, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.33 (p 0.182, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.45 to -0.20, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.30 (p 0.232, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for HPD in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.