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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 16270
31 Oct 2026, 13:25 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNIPSNAP3A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered42f942fbb13c5b80
discovery+0.53 p=0.145 n=9
replication+0.43 p=0.247 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.53, p 0.145)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 16270: NIPSNAP3A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.43 (p 0.079, n 18), 95% CI -0.05 to +0.74. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.35 (p 0.159, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.39 (p 0.109, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.35 to +0.58, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.43 (p 0.079, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NIPSNAP3A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.