Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 12470

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no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.36, p 0.344). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 12469, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 12470
    28 Oct 2026, 00:57 UTC


    TMEM178B

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionTMEM178B in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registeredd67df7c2a2ac3212

    discovery-0.36 p=0.344 n=9

    replication+0.67 p=0.049 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.36, p 0.344)

    dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)

    NO EFFECT

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receipt 12470: TMEM178B in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.07 (p 0.781, n 18), 95% CI -0.52 to +0.41. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.05 (p 0.854, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.17 (p 0.509, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.17 to +0.05, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors -0.07 (p 0.781, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TMEM178B in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.