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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4158
20 Oct 2026, 11:11 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionHIP1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda880887ed1154f57
discovery-0.75 p=0.021 n=9
replication+0.18 p=0.635 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
did not replicate (discovery -0.75 p 0.021; held-out +0.18 p 0.635)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 4158: HIP1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.29 (p 0.239, n 18), 95% CI -0.67 to +0.20. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.26 (p 0.294, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.31 (p 0.214, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.40 to -0.19, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.29 (p 0.239, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for HIP1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.