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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5578
21 Oct 2026, 18:09 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGAP43 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered37978d34984efc6f
discovery+0.18 p=0.635 n=9
replication-0.22 p=0.563 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.18, p 0.635)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 5578: GAP43 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.02 (p 0.928, n 18), 95% CI -0.45 to +0.48. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.03 (p 0.901, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.03 (p 0.922, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.10 to +0.16, sign flips 6; without severely affected donors +0.02 (p 0.928, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GAP43 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.