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26 Oct 2026, 01:16 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSLC8A2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered3e2f9a48ab97c618
discovery-0.17 p=0.663 n=9
replication+0.00 p=1.000 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.17, p 0.663)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 10304: SLC8A2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.16 (p 0.532, n 18), 95% CI -0.58 to +0.33. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.15 (p 0.549, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.34 (p 0.164, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.29 to -0.05, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.16 (p 0.532, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SLC8A2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.