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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 13197
28 Oct 2026, 16:35 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNIPSNAP2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered631680359a7afe9a
discovery+0.18 p=0.635 n=9
replication+0.21 p=0.586 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.18, p 0.635)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 13197: NIPSNAP2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.19 (p 0.460, n 18), 95% CI -0.31 to +0.60. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.21 (p 0.398, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.30 (p 0.221, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.08 to +0.31, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.19 (p 0.460, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NIPSNAP2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.