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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6643
22 Oct 2026, 17:14 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGIP in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered3c6e0fb6b46bce3e
discovery-0.54 p=0.130 n=9
replication+0.16 p=0.689 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.54, p 0.130)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 6643: GIP in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.13 (p 0.597, n 18), 95% CI -0.57 to +0.36. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.19 (p 0.455, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.23 (p 0.355, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.27 to -0.01, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.13 (p 0.597, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GIP in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.