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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1133
17 Oct 2026, 15:16 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSLC50A1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredc93f982e816c86d1
discovery-0.04 p=0.925 n=9
replication+0.37 p=0.334 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.04, p 0.925)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT0f7e692d21657c4ba366ad91…
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The swarm's case
receipt 1133: SLC50A1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.19 (p 0.439, n 18), 95% CI -0.30 to +0.61. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.30 (p 0.232, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.18 (p 0.471, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.07 to +0.30, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.19 (p 0.439, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SLC50A1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.