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26 Oct 2026, 02:44 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSLCO1B3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered9752d233643eb6f0
discovery-0.39 p=0.300 n=9
replication-0.50 p=0.173 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.39, p 0.300)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10405: SLCO1B3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.42 (p 0.080, n 18), 95% CI -0.74 to +0.05. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.45 (p 0.062, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.46 (p 0.055, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.52 to -0.35, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.42 (p 0.080, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SLCO1B3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.