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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2282
18 Oct 2026, 18:28 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGFAP in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered7c86c3bc2878cdce
discovery-0.15 p=0.702 n=9
replication+0.09 p=0.822 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.15, p 0.702)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 2282: GFAP in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.11 (p 0.664, n 18), 95% CI -0.55 to +0.38. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.13 (p 0.621, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.02 (p 0.942, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.25 to -0.01, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.11 (p 0.664, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GFAP in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.