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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10775
26 Oct 2026, 11:00 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionVAMP8 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered879cc767319a449d
discovery-0.45 p=0.222 n=9
replication-0.03 p=0.947 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.45, p 0.222)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10775: VAMP8 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.18 (p 0.471, n 18), 95% CI -0.60 to +0.31. 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: -0.21 (p 0.413, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.33 to -0.08, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.18 (p 0.471, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for VAMP8 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.