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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7029
23 Oct 2026, 01:57 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionZNF865 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered781dda1554ccebc9
discovery-0.41 p=0.277 n=9
replication-0.50 p=0.173 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.41, p 0.277)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 7029: ZNF865 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.50 (p 0.036, n 18), 95% CI -0.78 to -0.04. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.51 (p 0.032, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.60 (p 0.0086, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.57 to -0.43, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.50 (p 0.036, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ZNF865 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.