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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4337
20 Oct 2026, 15:16 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionDPP9 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered71bc1c033e6bcdab
discovery-0.50 p=0.172 n=9
replication-0.33 p=0.385 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.50, p 0.172)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 4337: DPP9 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.29 (p 0.250, n 18), 95% CI -0.66 to +0.21. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.28 (p 0.261, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.38 (p 0.125, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.38 to -0.19, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.29 (p 0.250, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for DPP9 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.