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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 13954
29 Oct 2026, 09:31 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCTNNBIP1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered35c5d6b78fe16957
discovery+0.20 p=0.599 n=9
replication-0.49 p=0.183 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.20, p 0.599)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 13954: CTNNBIP1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.32 (p 0.198, n 18), 95% CI -0.68 to +0.17. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.33 (p 0.182, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.41 (p 0.089, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.46 to -0.24, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.32 (p 0.198, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CTNNBIP1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.