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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6106
22 Oct 2026, 05:21 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionHIF3A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered2cef71bfd1eaa7a1
discovery-0.21 p=0.586 n=9
replication-0.18 p=0.646 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.21, p 0.586)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 6106: HIF3A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.16 (p 0.538, n 18), 95% CI -0.58 to +0.34. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.08 (p 0.741, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.12 (p 0.633, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.32 to -0.08, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.16 (p 0.538, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for HIF3A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.