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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 16201
31 Oct 2026, 11:55 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionZNF529 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered7978cdc0f02bc0dd
discovery-0.06 p=0.874 n=9
replication-0.09 p=0.819 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.06, p 0.874)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 16201: ZNF529 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.01 (p 0.976, n 18), 95% CI -0.47 to +0.46. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.01 (p 0.969, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.13 (p 0.597, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.14 to +0.11, sign flips 8; without severely affected donors -0.01 (p 0.976, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ZNF529 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.