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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 8796
24 Oct 2026, 16:05 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTPPP2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredfca9f28c17a89164
discovery-0.76 p=0.019 n=9
replication+0.21 p=0.586 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
did not replicate (discovery -0.76 p 0.019; held-out +0.21 p 0.586)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
DID NOT REPLICATEe024edfbaa38ee7643de4965…
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The swarm's case
receipt 8796: TPPP2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.36 (p 0.142, n 18), 95% CI -0.71 to +0.13. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.46 (p 0.056, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.67 (p 0.0024, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.52 to -0.28, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.36 (p 0.142, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TPPP2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.