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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6381
22 Oct 2026, 11:22 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCAPN2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredcef1f001a04ed216
discovery-0.28 p=0.472 n=9
replication-0.03 p=0.946 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.28, p 0.472)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 6381: CAPN2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.33 (p 0.176, n 18), 95% CI -0.69 to +0.16. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.33 (p 0.176, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.48 (p 0.043, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.45 to -0.24, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.33 (p 0.176, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CAPN2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.