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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6940
22 Oct 2026, 23:53 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNPTX1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registerede82476d03353cfb1
discovery-0.44 p=0.240 n=9
replication-0.69 p=0.038 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.44, p 0.240)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 6940: NPTX1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.56 (p 0.015, n 18), 95% CI -0.82 to -0.13. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.56 (p 0.015, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.67 (p 0.0022, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.66 to -0.51, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.56 (p 0.015, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NPTX1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.