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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 16131
31 Oct 2026, 10:21 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionKPNA2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered28913f8f92244b47
discovery-0.16 p=0.685 n=9
replication-0.14 p=0.718 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.16, p 0.685)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 16131: KPNA2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.21 (p 0.413, n 18), 95% CI -0.61 to +0.29. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.31 (p 0.218, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.28 (p 0.269, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.35 to -0.11, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.21 (p 0.413, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for KPNA2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.